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Karitane Nurses, Truby King Mothercraft, badge in silver (28mm) and blue enamel, no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '251/K.Lord/1940'; NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), badge in gilt bronze and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '12670 K.S.Lord/1944'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in gilt and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse impressed '1947/K.S.Lord/6103'; The General Nursing Council for England & Wales, badge in chrome and blue enamel (28mm), by Thomas Fattorini Limited, Birmingham, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'K.S.Lord/S.R.N./203677/10-7-53'; also, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 30mm), by A.B. (possibly Alfred Butcher, Christchurch), ring top broken off, reverse inscribed 'From/the Staff/White Cliffs Branch/to/C.H.Lord/19-5-1911'. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $450
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State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (45x30mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'S.M.Miller/1940'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (40x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.K.Douglas'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in brass and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse inscribed '4086/E.Arther [sic]/1942'; Royal N.Z. Society for the Health of Women & Children, 'Truby King' medal in silver and enamel (29mm), no maker, with ring top and pin-back bar suspension, reverse inscribed 'No.462/E.Arthur/1945'; K.H.A. (Karitane Home Association), 'Save the Babies' badge in silver and blue enamel (25mm), by Young & Co, Auckland, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'E.Arthur/104/32'; also, Belmont School (Auckland), running medal, uniface, struck in silver (24mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '100 Yds/Champ./11 Yrs./N.Arthur/1927'; another, prefect badge struck in silver (27mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Nancy Arthur/1928'. Generally very fine. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
Group of Seven: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Civil, 2nd type)(lady); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All medals un-named. Very fine.
Estimate $2,000
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New Zealand Registered Male Nurse, struck in brass and enamel (32x32mm), no maker, ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Q.A.G.Robb/27-6-47'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Florence Nightingale Medal, handcrafted in gold (22ct, 9.1g, 22mm), no maker, ring top and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Z.E.Taylor/March 1949'. Very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Auckland Hospital Board, Male Staff Sick Benefit Club, Est 1937, uniface, struck in silver gilt (37mm), by Young & Co (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.J.Carpenter/1951.53'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
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New Zealand State Dental Nurse, badge in brass and blue enamel (42x32mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar at top with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'P.M.Godfrey/1953'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
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Badges, including NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), 1955, N.Z. Registered Midwife, N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, these three in gilt and enamel; Balclutha School of Nursing (silver) and Wairau Hospital Centennial, 1979 in tin and celluloid. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '21404/A.R.Jones/1955'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '15-2-57/A.R.Jones/11541'; N.Z. Registered Midwife badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 15-8-58/A.R.Jones/6122'; Dunedin School of Nursing, badge struck in brass and enamel (39x16mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'A.R.Jones'; New Zealand Nurses Association, pin in gilt enamel (22mm), missing pin from back. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Waikato Dist. Hospital, Honours Medal, June 1957, struck in gold (9ct, 13.9g, 27mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.E.Warner'. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Salvation Army (Petone Branch), wooden gavel (180x75x40mm) (1899), handle with inscribed silver ribbon around, inscribed 'Salvation Army Block Laying Petone March 15th R.E.Kirk Esq. Mayor'. Fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Waihi Hospital, presentation trowel, 1902, electroplated with horn handle (blade 130x60mm), inscribed 'Waihi/Hospital/Coronation/Day.1902/Edward VII/Rev.M.Brodie'. Fine.
Estimate $300
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Methodist Sunday School (Timaru), presentation trowel, in sterling silver with faux ivory handle (300x90mm), by H&T (Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham), blade hallmarked for Birmingham 1902, inscribed 'Presented by the Trustees/To/John Jackson Esq. J.P./On The Occasion Of His/Laying The Foundation Stone/Of The/Jackson Memorial Methodist/Sunday School/Timaru/14th March 1907'. Surface marks, very fine.
Estimate $700
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Canterbury College, presentation trowel, handcrafted in silver with faux bone handle (tot wt 180g, 35x87mm), by H&T, hallmark for Birmingham 1907, inscribed on top surface 'Presented/To/G.W.Russell/Chairman of Board of Governors/of/Canterbury College/By/William Greig & Sons/On the Occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone/of the/Chemical Laboratory/at Canterbury College. June 3rd 1909/Messrs Collins & Harman/Architects'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
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W.C.T.U. (Womens Christian Temperance Union), key, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 4.5g, 40x18mm), no maker, ring top suspension, head inscribed 'Bluff W.C.T.U./16/11/1910'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Presbyterian Church (Otahuhu), presentation trowel, handcrafted in silver (250x78mm), with native timber wooden handle, uncertain maker's mark, inscribed on top 'Presented/To/The Rt Hon.W.F.Massey/P.C./Prime Minister of N.Z./on the occasion of his laying/The Foundation Stone/of the/Otahuhu Presbyterian/Church/1914' 'Hugh C.Grierson/Architect'. Very fine and a very rare presentation piece to a Prime Minister.
Estimate $2,000
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Opening of O'Conor Memorial Home (Westport), February 7th 1918, by Arthur Leaver Esq., First Trustee, handcrafted silver presentation key (135x48mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Arthur Leaver Esq./Mayor of Westport/By/Swan & Swan/Architects'. Very fine and impressive.
Estimate $600
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Christchurch, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 18.8g, 90x29mm), no maker or inscription, in a presentation case with silver plaque (55x24mm) inscribed 'H.J.Otley Esq./Chairman N.C.H.B. (North Canterbury Hospital Board)/Presented to Him/On The Occasion of the Opening/of the Nurses Home/By the Contractors/J.W.Beanland & Sons'; another, cast in brass (70x28mm), no maker, inscribed 'Presented to/Mrs H.J.Otley/opening of/Children's Home/Cashmere/20-10-23'; also, Masonic, Founder Medal in gilt, Civic Lodge, No.157 (42x42mm), no maker, uninscribed, bars loose on torn ribbon; another, Canterbury Lodge, No.1048 E.C., struck in gold (15ct, 23g (gross), 55x45mm), no maker, inscribed on reverse 'Presented To/Wor. Bro. H.J.Otley P.M./Canterbury Lodge 1048 E.C./As a Mark of Esteem/Feb 21 08', the last two items in a presentation case from Robert Kennett, Jeweller and Optician, 183 High St., Christchurch. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Waipiata Sanatorium (Otago), presentation key, 8th April 1925, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 70x23mm), unidentified maker, reverse inscribed 'Presented/to/John Matheson Esq/On/Opening/Waipiata Sanatorium/Otago, N.Z./E.R.Wilson Architect'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
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Christchurch, presentation key, handcrafted in silver (70x30mm), inscribed 'To the/Hon.J.A.Young/from Plunket Society/Chch Branch/opening of/Karitane Mothers Cottage/17.2.26'. Fine.
Estimate $220
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Waikato District Hospital, presentation key, handcrafted in silver gilt and enamel (140x45mm), reverse inscribed 'Presented To/The Hon.J.A.Young/Minister of Health/On His Opening The/New Nurses Home/at the/Waikato District Hospital/11-3-26'. Extremely fine, in fitted case of issue.
Estimate $600
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Wairau Hospital, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.5g, 50x23mm), unidentified maker, ring top suspension, inscribed 'Presented/To/Hon.J.A.Young/Minister of Health/On opening Nurses Home/Wairau Hospital/Blenheim/April 20.1926'. Very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $300
Auckland, presentation key, handcrafted in silver (95x29mm), unknown maker, hallmark for Birmingham 1925, pin-back suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented to/the/Hon.J.A.Young/Minister/For Hospitals', reverse inscribed In Commemoration/of the opening of the/Wallace Wards/Auckland Hospital/25th July 1926'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
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Plunket Rooms (Pahiatua), presentation key, 1926, in silver (95x28mm), with unknown maker's mark, obverse inscribed 'Plunket/Rooms/Pahiatua/23rd Sept./1926', reverse iscribed 'Presented To/The Hon J.A.Young/Minister/of/Health'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
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Victoria Laundry, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 16.0g, 90x30mm), by Littlejohn (Littlejohn & Son, Wellington), inscribed on one side 'Presented/To/W.Naismith Esq/From Co. Directors/& Staff/On Occasion of His Opening/of Victoria Laundry's/New/Building/3.11.26' and on the other side 'Architect/C.A.Martin/A.N.Z.I.A./Builders/Jones & Cameron'. Extremely fine, in a Littlejohn fitted case.
Estimate $800
SOLD $500
Grey River Hospital, presentation key, in gold (15ct, 19.3g, 60x30mm), no maker, steel pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Grey River Hospital/Nurses Home/Hon.J.A.Young/31.3.27'. Very fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $950
Dannevirke Hospital, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 19.5g, 98x30mm), no maker, inscribed on one side, 'Dannevirke/Hospital/Childrens Ward/Official/Opening/25th May/1927', the other side 'Presented To/Hon.J.A.Young/By/W.A.Pickard/Contractor'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $600
New Hokianga Hospital, presentation key, handcrafted in steel (150x35mm), no maker, inscribed 'Hokianga Hospital' with a steel plaque inscribed 'Presented To The/Honourable J.A.Young M.P./Minister of Health/on the occasion of his opening of the/New Hokianga Hospital/Jan.1928'. Extremely fine, in a fitted wooden case.
Estimate $250
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