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New Guinea, St Mathias' Total Abstinence Society, 1861, in white metal (52mm) by J.Moore, obverse an open sea in foreground, a crown, sceptre and book rest upon a rock and on the horizon a fully rigged ship, in field a hand gives a scroll inscribed with Temperance Oath to a bird in flight, reverse landscape in which a traveller drinks from a waterfall. A particularly early medal of oceanic interest. Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Territory of New Guinea, Luluai badge, in bronze (42mm x 55.5mm); Tul-Tul badge, in bronze (42mm). Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200