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New Zealand Government Prize, Best Shot of the Year, c1860s, struck in bronze (49mm), no maker. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $700
Not offered
H.Kohn's Cadet Prize Medal, struck in silver (50x35mm), no maker (Heinrich Kohn, Auckland), bar suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/J.Partington/1874'. Very fine.
Estimate $520
Not offered
P.R.R.V.S. (Pokeno Rangers Rifle Volunteers), handcrafted in silver (50g, 38mm square), no maker (Carl Schwartze, Auckland), ring top suspension, inscribed on obverse 'Champion/Cross/Of/P.R.R.V.S./1874'. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $850
Not offered
Handcrafted medal, in silver and gold (45x45mm), by Harrop & Neill, Dunedin, with suspender, ribbon (disintegrated) and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Corpl. D.Burns/1877'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
Not offered
Auckland Rifle Association, handcrafted in silver (40x35mm), no maker, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back, obverse inscribed 'Auckland/Rifle Association/Evening Star/Cup Prize/Capn. W.B.White/May, 1877'; also, No.1 Group, Rifle Meeting, 1918-19, fob medal, struck in copper (25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.C.White/A.G.S.C./No 2 Co', rim inscribed '5th'. Very fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $520
Not offered
Taranaki Mounted Rifles, struck in silver (38x35mm), no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Trooper/R.McGonagle/Taranaki Mounted Rifles/3rd Prize 1879/From/Captain Davidson/Commanding/Corps'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Queen Victoria, shooting medal, c1880s, struck in silver (war medal style) (38mm), by J.Fenwick (Birmingham), unawarded; another, colonial issue, struck and handcrafted in silver (50x38mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won By/No.233/Bomb.Percy Brown/A Battery N.Z.Regt.Arty.Vols/Best Shot Auckland Dist/1894/81 Points'. Good very fine, the first toned. (2)
Estimate $700
Not offered
N.Z.A. (New Zealand artillery), c1882, struck in silver (39mm), no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Presented/by/Lieut.Rice/won by/Corpl.Grant/N.Z.A.' Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $560
Not offered
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), 1882, handcrafted in silver (48x42mm), by Hislop (Dunedin), ring top with bar and ribbon. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Auckland City Guards, fob medal, handcrafted in silver with gold (50x40mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Auckland/City Guards/Rifle Volunteers/Presented By/Captain A.C.Isaacs/Won by Volunteer/F.Bacon/1883'. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Not offered
N.D.R. (North Dunedin Rifles), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 15ct, 9.4g, 27mm), no maker (J.Hislop), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented by/J.Hislop/Won By/Lieut Richardson/17th May 1884'; another, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 4.0g, 34x34mm), by Townsend (George Townsend, Dunedin), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Vol./W.Richardson', reverse inscribed 'Winner of/N.D.R./Challenge Cup/1898'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $590
Not offered
Newtown Rifles, fob medal, handcrafted in silver with gold (36x36mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won by/Pri.E.France/Newtown Rifles/1886'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Gordon Rifles, 1887, handcrafted in silver and gold (33x33mm), no maker, ring top, ribbon and bars with pin-back, obverse inscribed 'Won By/A.L.White/1887', reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/Lieut. D.A.Hay/to the/Gordon Rifles'. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Not offered
Woodville R.V.F. (Rifle Volunteers Force) Company, fob medal, hand engraved in silver (29mm), no maker, pierced at top for suspension, reverse inscribed 'Officers Medal/Awarded To/Corporal C.Poore/1889'. Very good, having been worn on a fob chain.
Estimate $100
Not offered
N.E.V. (North East Valley), (Dunedin), fob medal, handcrafted in silver (48x43mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'N.E.V. School/Best Shot Cadets/Albert Rawlinson/Decr.1890'. Toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $240
Not offered
Naval Rifle Club, handcrafted in silver (32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Naval Rifle Club/1895/Presented by Lieut.M.Smith/Top Score/57 Pts/Won By/P.O. R.Fulton'. Very fine.
Estimate $210
Not offered
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), 1896, handcrafted in silver and gold (50x45mm), by Hosie & Bell (Wellington), ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Family group, possibly Father & Son, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, tot wt 13.9g, 30mm), bar with English maker and hallmark, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Kowai Rifle Club/T.S.Robinson/1898'; another similar to last, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 10.2g, 30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1899/Kowai Rifle Club/Championship/T.S.Robinson'; N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), struck in bronze (35x35mm), by A.Teutenberg, Maker, Auckland, ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.C.G./T.S.Robinson' (D&C.R18); fob medal handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.7g, 30x30mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Kinloch/1909/Junior/Champion/Team/Match', reverse inscribed 'Won by/Wainui R.C./T.S.Robinson'; another handcrafted fob medal in gold (9ct, 13.6g, 35x33mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Kinloch/1909/Champion Team Match', reverse inscribed 'Won by/Wainui R.C./T.S.Robinson/Junr.'; another fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.7g, 30x30mm), reverse inscribed 'Junior Champion', the last three by A.G. (Albert Gunderson, Christchurch). All in original cases by Teutenberg, Gunderson, Watson (Christchurch) and anonymous, extremely fine or better. (6)
Estimate $3,100
Not offered
Timaru Rifle Volunteers, handcrafted in silver (55x40mm), no maker, suspender, ribbon and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Won By/No.248/Sergt.William Worsley/Timaru Rifle Vols./Best Shot/Canterbury District/1898-99/94 Points' (O&D.132); another, 1903-4, handcrafted in silver (30x26mm), by McNab (John McNab, Timaru), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '2nd Class/Championship/Won By/Private/L.Worsley'; New Zealand (Police) Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, G.T.White type (1900-1933), No.890 Const.W.Worsley, N.Z. Police 1913. Engraved. (O&D.93). Fine - very fine, the last missing suspender, ribbon and bar. (3)
Estimate $840
Not offered
K.A.V., Squad Drill, 1899-1900, hand engraved in silver (22x22mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/No.4/Sub-Div/Gr.Shiels'. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Not offered
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), c1900, struck in bronze (35x35mm), by A.Teutenberg, Maker, Auckland, ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension (D&C.R18). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $490
Not offered
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), c1900, struck in bronze (35x35mm), by A.Teutenberg, Maker, Auckland, ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension (D&C.R18). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $490
Not offered
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), c1900, struck in bronze (35x35mm), by A.Teutenberg, Maker, Auckland, ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension (D&C.R18). Extremely fine and rare, in a case by A.Teutenberg.
Estimate $490
Not offered
New Zealand Rifle Association, c1900, struck in bronze (34x34mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, missing ribbon and bar, uninscribed (D&C.R18). Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
A.M.R. (Auckland Mounted Rifles), 1903, stock fob medal in silver (30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Sergt Young/10th/Lance Shield'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $70
Not offered
D.D.H.S. (Dunedin District high School) Cadets, (May 1904) struck in silver (31x31mm), by A.Kohn Auck., reverse inscribed 'D.D.H.S./Cadets/2nd Prize Won By/H.Cross'; another, H.M.R.C. (Hawera Miniature Rifle Club), hand engraved in silver and gold (struck) (28x28mm), reverse inscribed '2nd Teams Championship/G.H.Cross/1924'; another, W.D.R.C. (Waimea Defence Rifle Club), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.0g, 33x27mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.H.Cross/Championship/1925', all with ring top suspensions. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $180
Not offered
W.M.R. (Waikato Mounted Rifles), stock fob medal, hand engraved in silver (30x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'No.3 W.M.R./D Squadron/Championship Cup/Recruits Match/Won By/Trooper L.Crickett/Oct.1904'; Auckland Mtd. Rifles, 1906, stock fob medal, hand engraved in gold (probably 9ct, 4.3g, 32mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Waikato Shield/Compn.D.Sqdn./Won By/Tpr.L.Crickett'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $300
Not offered
W.R.C. (presumed attribution - Wanganui Rifle Club), fob medal, uniface, struck in silver and gold (26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion Infantry Team of N.Z./Wanganui Tournament/1904'. Very fine.
Estimate $140
Not offered
P.N.R. (Palmerston North Rifles), fob medal, handcrafted in silver (37x33mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Batt.Shield.Comp./Sgt.Just/P.N.R./84 Pts/5.6.05'. Very fine.
Estimate $170
Not offered
Balclutha Gun Club, fob medal, hand engraved in voided silver and gold (35x30mm), English maker and hallmark, obverse inscribed 'B.Hayes/Winner/1907', reverse inscribed 'Presented/By The/Balclutha Gun Club/18 Targets, 17 Breaks/16 Yards'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $80
Not offered