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Auckland Competitions Society NZ, (1912), struck in bronze (44mm) by Vaughton, Birmingham, reverse inscribed 'Myrtle Polton/Drawing/(Under 15)'. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Not offered
Scouting, (Auckland) fob medal in silver and gold (35x27mm), by F.H.A.Ld, hallmark for Birmingham 1912, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'E.Haydon/1st Eden Troop/1st/Under 18'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Not offered
A.R.U.P.C., 1913, handcrafted in voided gold (9ct) and silver (28mm), no maker, ring top suspension. Fine.
Estimate $70
Not offered
University of Otago, School of Mines, Ulrich Memorial Medal, struck in bronze (51mm), by Allan Wyon (London), edge inscribed 'Awarded to Noel Carless.1914' (S.514). Good extremely fine and very rare, in a fitted case of Wyon, London.
Estimate $500
Not offered
Waimate, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.8g, 32x25mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Guard H.Harris/by/Waimate Friends/9-1-14'. Very fine.
Estimate $210
Not offered
W.C.C.S. (West Coast Competitions Society), fob medal, machine tooled in silver and gold (38x28mm), English hallmark and maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.C.C.S./Greymouth/1914/T.Coburn/1st/Sight Reading/Ladies Under 21'; Trinity College of Music, London, request for attendance at exam, Greymouth, 3 December 1927 for Mildred Coburn; contract note for sale of 250 shares in Big River Mines Ltd, Greymouth, 14th January 1935 for ?28/1/6, on account of Mrs Lilian Coburn. Very fine, the first illustrated. (3)
Estimate $70
Not offered
New Zealand Institute Foundrymen, Apprentice Casting Competition, c1915, cast brass plaque (160mm, 765g). Very fine.
Estimate $140
Not offered
Sheep shearing, stock medal in silver and gold (28x28mm), reverse inscribed '2nd Prize/Sheep Shearing/Competition/Mossburn 1915'; another, as last (35x23mm), reverse inscribed '2nd Prize/Sheep Shearing/Competition/Mossburn/1916'. Both English makers and hallmarks, ring top suspensions, very fine. (2)
Estimate $170
Not offered
McRaes Prize, 1916, hand engraved in silver (37mm), by Grieve (H.J.(James) Grieve, Gisborne), ring top suspension, inscribed on reverse 'May Donovan'. Pin removed from reverse, otherwise toned, very fine.
Estimate $50
Not offered
Thames School of Mines, 1916, stock fob medal, hand engraved in silver (38mm), no maker (probably Reuben Watts, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Thames School of Mines.1916/Practical/and/Theoretical/Chemistry/Won By/S.L.Hedge/1916'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
Not offered
Dunedin Drainage & Sewerage Board, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 9ct, 6.0g, 23mm) and enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/H.E.Moller Esq./Chairman/By Staff/Dunedin/Drainage & Sewerage Board/on his Retirement/30.5.17'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Various silver medals and badges, Papakura Sports, 1917; L.T.C. for pianoforte (2) 1938 and 1939; New Plymouth Girls High School; Northland Competitions Society (2); Wellington Orphans Club (1975); Taihape School, 1984. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $140
Not offered
Gore Competitions, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.1g, 30x22mm), by D D Ltd (probably David Dawson, Dunedin), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Gore/Competitions/3Fsts Elocution/12 to 16 Years/Oct.1919'. Very fine.
Estimate $140
Not offered
City of Dunedin, Inc 1865, badge, c1920s, struck in gilt and enamel (23mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $30
Not offered
C.U.F.C., c1920, hand engraved in silver and gold (37x35mm), by B.Bros, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.U.F.C./Won by/Mang'au/B.Schrouder'. Stained, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
Not offered
Dunedin Orphans Club, c1920, badge struck in silver (25x25mm), no maker, with ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension; S.P.C., badge struck in silver (29mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Anderson/Mile/1938'; Australia & New Zealand Police Games Federation, Wanganui, 1988, struck in gilt (51mm), no maker, ring top and black & white neck ribbon suspension, unawarded; also, The Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian medal struck in bronze (38mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded By/Rustington/Allotment H.Ass./To/Mr J.Gray/1949'. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
Not offered
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 $140
Not offered
Peter Pan Club (Auckland), c1920s, pin in copper with silver star in centre (23mm), by Kohn's, Auckland. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Not offered
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 $100
Not offered
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 $70
Not offered
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 $70
Not offered
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 $70
Not offered
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 $210
Not offered
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 $420
Not offered
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 $100
Not offered
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 $30
Not offered
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 $450
Not offered
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 $240
Not offered
Alexander Gillies Medal, c1930s, in bronze (57mm), undated and unawarded, no maker (probably Mayer & Kean, Wellington) (S.-). Surface marks, very fine and rare.
Estimate $240
Not offered
Big Brother Bill's Family, 4YA (Dunedin), c1930s, badge in brass and enamel (30mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Not offered