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Kiwi brooch, c1920, struck in gold (9ct, 3.4g, 24x15mm), no maker (W.R.Bock, Wellington), pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Newmarket R.S.C., Life Member's badge, c1920s, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.2g, 30x25mm), pin-back, reverse inscribed 'B.S.Hunter'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
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N Z State Forest Service, c1920s, badge in voided silver (42mm), by C.M.Bay (Wellington), pin-back. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Peter Pan Club (Auckland), c1920s, pin in copper with silver star in centre (23mm), by Kohn's, Auckland. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Temperance, stock fob medal, c1920s, uniface in silver with gold (35x30mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Challenge Award/To/Nola Neilson/for/120 Temperance Pledges'. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
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G.S.C., 1921, handcrafted in silver (35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Judges Special/Dick Pollock'; Waihopai, hand engraved in silver, English hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Waihopai/1928/Richard Pollock/- Years/Attendance' (partial attempted removal of inscription). Both with ring top suspensions, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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M.C.S. (Masterton Competition Society), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.7g, 35x32mm), unidentified maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.C.S./Elocutionary/Championship/ I.F.Halligan/1921'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
N.I.B.Y.M.B.C.U., Wanganui, 1921, fob medal, hand engraved in silver (32x28mm); (Kings College Auckland) badge struck in silver (33x28mm), missing ring from top; another, fob medal, struck in bronze (26mm), by W&H (Walker & Hall), reverse inscribed '1939/High Jump/Under 16 Hdcp/1st'; WWI, 28th Reinforcements sweetheart's badge, struck in silver (32x28mm), missing pin from reverse; Wgtn C.C. (Wellington Cycling Club), fob medal, uniface, struck in copper (32x30mm), obverse inscribed '1970/Wgt. C.C./Sen.T.T./50 Mile/3rd'; Citizen Band Radio/Wanganui Group/WG Country, badge in gilt and enamel (32mm); Vauxhall/Bedford Wellington Club badge in gilt and enamel (30x25mm). Except where indicated, ring top or pin-back suspensions, fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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Seddon Memorial Technical School, Auckland, medal struck in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Awarded/To/L.W.Kay/For Swimming/A Distance Of/3 Miles/1921'; school badge for same school, in bronze (voided oval 40x26mm), pierced hole top and bottom for sewing to hat; St Peter's School Cambridge N.Z., undated, uniface medal struck in copper (49.5mm); silvered convex pendant featuring the reverse of a New Zealand shilling on one side and the ship reverse of an English halfpenny on the other; Electrolux, made in New Zealand, coloured white metal trade name plate (61mm) with securing holes at sides; A New Dawn - A New Day, New Zealand 2000, oval disc in bronze (42mm x 62mm). The third medal uncirculated, the rest fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
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Presentation Tiki, handcrafted in gold (probaby 9ct, 12.2g, 30x20mm) with emerald eyes, no maker, pierced at top, reverse inscribed 'To Isabel/From Norman/1922'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
W.S.D.J.C., May 1922, stock medal in gold (9ct, 7.9g, 24mm), by W.Good (Gisborne), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/H.Boyce's/"Nap"/Class 3/28 Points'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
F.U.P.M., fob medal hand engraved, in voided gold (9ct, 5.7g, 29mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1923/Hastings/A.Farmery'. Good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
B.A.C., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.4g, 36x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st Prize/won by/H.Hand/27.10.24'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Canterbury Justices of the Peace Assn. N.Z. (Inco), fob medal, struck uniface in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 30x23mm) and blue enamel, by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.Macintosh/April 1924'; Christchurch City Council, Motor Driver, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 9ct, 9.1g, 26mm) and enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.Macintosh/Motor & Traffic/Inspector'; N.Z. Association of Army Navy and Auxiliary Forces, badge in copper (31x28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'H.Mcintosh' (O.11/98). Very fine; fine; very fine. (3)
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Memorial fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.9g, 35x32mm), by G. & T. Y. Ltd (G. & T. Young, Dunedin), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'In Loving Memory/of/My Dear Father/Fleming Laurenson/Died at Oamaru/30-1-24/Aged 63 Years'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
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Radio Society, Ch.Ch., 1925, souvenir decorated cloth fob drop, consisting of gold (9ct) fernleaf at top, gold (9ct) inscribed panel, copperplate initials 'E.N.W.' in gold (9ct), fob with a gold (9ct) kiwi on greenstone attached, suspended with rolled gold chain and fob clip at top; Hawaii, coat of arms, fob medal in gold (14ct, 6.4g, 30x28mm) and enamel, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Edw.N.Willis/From 6 Buc/Sept 1925'; also, N.Z.R.L. kiwi coat pin in silver (20x18mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $600
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B.C.D.T. (B. Collie Dog Trials), uniface stock medal, struck in silver (38mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), reverse inscribed 'B.C.D.T./Pull and Yard/2nd/1926'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
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'Bonds of Friendship', fob medal, hand inscribed in gold (9ct, 5.0g, 24mm), by G.J. & S/A.B. Dn., scroll and ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'G.W.Bagrie/New Zealand/June/1926'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Appreciation fob, stock medal in gold (9ct, 11.0g, 35x30mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pres. By/Roy Davis/Storekeeper/To W.Baker Employee/In appreciation For an/Honest Deed/28.8.27'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
D.Y.C. (Dominion Yeast Company), Bread Exhibition, For Excellence In N.Z, Breadmaking, struck in gold (9ct, 13.4g, 29mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.Somerton/Class 5/1927'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Identity tag, on a smoothed out obverse of an Australian Canberra Florin, 1927, pierced at top with ring attached, reverse inscribed 'Janice Carnie/Mackley St./Wairoa'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Window dressing, W.M.A., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.2g, 35x27mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Hawera/Window Display/N.Z.Goods/G.Horsburgh/(Jnr)/1927'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.2g, 33x28mm), reverse inscribed 'Window Dressing Compt/Hawera/1928/Empire Goods/Cut Rate Grocery/Mr G.R.Horsburgh/Jnr.'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.1g, 35x28mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Window Dressing/Competition/Hawera/1929/Empire Goods/G.R.Horsburgh'. All with ring top suspensions, extremely fine, an unusual trio. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Auckland Competitions Society Inc., fob medal, struck in silver (35x29mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Jack Ferris/Recitation 9/10/1927'; another, 1929, uniface struck in silver (35x33mm), by A.Kohn Ltd, scroll top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st/Test Recital/Under 16/Jack Ferris'; another, 1929, uniface struck in copper (38x32mm), by A.Kohn Ltd, scroll top suspension, reverse inscribed '2nd/Test Recital/12-14/Jack Ferris'; stock fob medal in silver and gold (37x25mm), English maker and hallmark, scroll and ring top suspension, obverse 'J.F.', reverse inscribed 'Elocution/1st Class Hon/1929'. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $650
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New Zealand, badge in voided silver and enamel (48mm), by Spencer, London, hallmark for Birmingham 1929, ring top suspension, possibly part of a lodge jewel. Extremely fine and impressive.
Estimate $350
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Alexander Gillies Medal, c1930s, in bronze (57mm), undated and unawarded, no maker (probably Mayer & Kean, Wellington) (S.-). Surface marks, very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
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Big Brother Bill's Family, 4YA (Dunedin), c1930s, badge in brass and enamel (30mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Corporation of Invercargill, c1930s, Meter Reader's badge, number 496, in gilt and enamel (32mm), by Moller Dn, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
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Kia Ora, NZ, collector's souvenir teaspoon, c1930s, in gilt brass and enamel (125x25mm), by C.J.N. & Co, features tatooed Maori portrait in bowl. Good very fine with enamelling intact.
Estimate $100
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New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, Fulton Bequest Annual Prize medal, c1930s, struck in gilt (51mm), by M&K Ltd (Mayer & Kean), unawarded (S.501). Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
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N.Z. Town Planning Conference & Exhibition, c1930s, award medal struck in silver or silvered (36mm), uncertain maker, possibly Bock, unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
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