Catalogue
Commemorative medals, Marcus Clarke & Co Wollongong, 1921, in bronze (39mm) (C.1921/1); Clifford Park Jamboree Victoria, 1955-1956, in bronze gilded (37mm) by Stokes (C.1956/7); WMC / Inauguration of First Nickel Mine at Kambalda, 1967, in nickel (37mm) by Sherrit (C.1967/8); Cranbrook School 50th Anniversary, 1968, in silver (51mm) by Amor (C.1968/1); Sydney Opera House 1973 / Harbour Bridge, in cupro-nickel (39mm) (C.1973/3); Sydney Opera House Opened 1973, in zinc (26mm x 41mm) by Jason Traurig, Sydney (C.1973/8); another similar medal (35mm x 55mm) (C.1973/9); Roche Research Institute, 1974, in bronze (62mm) by Finecraft, Sydney (C.1974/6); Rotary Club of Goulburn 75th Anniversary, 1980, in bronze (39mm) by Amor (C.1980/7); School of Medicine Centenary University of Sydney, 1983, in oxidised silver (52mm) by Amor. The second very fine, the rest extremely fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Union badges, Trolley Draymen & Carters Union 1922, in nickel (29mm x 20mm) (Smith 658), impressed no.2691, by Podger Simpson & Smyth; Transport Workers Union N.S.W. Branch, commemorative issue, 1888-1988, in cupro nickel (31mm) (Smith 639) pierced for suspension, impressed no.232. Fine; extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
SMFA, (Sydney Metropolitan Footbal Association), prize medal in 9ct gold (34mm, 17gms) reverse engraved, 'Metropolitan Premiership / won by / Granville / A.O'Toole / 1926', stamped 9ct. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Bert Hinkler, 1928, in oxidised silver plate (51mm) by C.D.Richardson for Stokes Melb (C.1928/1). With several small rim nicks/bumps, otherwise nearly extremely fine and nicely toned.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Gold fob, 9ct and enamel (35mm x 30mm, 20gms), obverse, light blue enamel shield with the initials 'NSW / RFL' (NSW Rugby Football League), upright rugby ball above, kangaroo at both sides, at the top in blue enamel is the impressed year '1929', reverse, plain (possibly name erased), hallmark at bottom. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Centenary of Western Australia, 1929 in bronze (39mm) by Perth Mint (C.1929/2); NAV medals, Australia's first copper token (1849), 1949 in antique silver (42mm) (C.1949/5), Sesquicentenary of Holey Dollar, undated, in sterling silver (38mm) (C.G/5); Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938, in bronze (29mm)(C.1938/5); engraved halfpenny 'William / Field / 1767', reverse monogram 'HF'; Ireland (Cork), Swanton & Co. Queenstown, drapers, unofficial farthing (circa 1845), obverse, young Queen Victoria's head left, reverse, merchant's details (BWS 6710). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
France, Oceanie Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris 1931, in bronze (32 mm). Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Bicycle road races, medallions, including Dunlop Road Race, Warrnambool-Melbourne, first prize in gold and enamel, inscribed on reverse 'Warrnambool-Melbourne 165 Mls, First Prize / Won by / G.E.Lessing 63 min / in / 7H 13Mins 18 3/5S / 3rd Oct / 1931, Donors Dunlop Perdriau Co.'; B.D.C.C. Ten Mile Road Championship Season 1923 sash won by G Lessing; Barnet Class Road Race 1923 Ballarat-Melbourne, medallion in gilt and enamel, inscribed 'G.E.Lessing'; Barnet Class Melbourne-Ballarat - Melbourne Road Race 1932 medallion in gilt and enamel, inscribed 'G.E.Lessing'; Cycle Traders Road Race 1923, medallion in gilt and enamel, uninscribed; Hatley Road Race, Melbourne-Bendigo 1931, in gilt and enamel, uninscribed; Dunlop Road Race 1923, Warrnambool-Melbourne Time medallion, in gilt and enamel, inscribed 'G. E. Lessing / 10hrs / 3mins / Sds'; Dunlop Road Race Warrnambool-Melbourne 1922, in gilt and enamel, inscribed 'G.Lessing / 10h41min'; Dunlop Road Race Warrnambool-Melbourne Time medallion 1932, in gilt and enamel, inscribed 'G.E.Lessing 7hrs / 22mins / 6sds'; Dunlop Cup, Warrnambool-Melbourne 1935, in gilt and enamel, inscribed G.E.Lessing 7h / 40min / 3s'. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,200
Sporting awards, Victorian Amateur Boxing and Wrestling Association Medal, in bronze (50mm) by Stokes Melb, inscribed, 'Flyweight / Championship / Won by / P.O'Shannessy / 1931'; Boxing medal, obverse, two boxers shaping-up, in silvered bronze (48mm) by Stokes, unnamed; Australian Maccabi Council Interstate Sports Carnival Sydney, 1963-64, swimming medal in oxidised silver (51mm) by K.G.Luke, unnamed; A.P.I. Fijian Carnivale, 1990, Fiji Vs Aust, gilt alloy medal (48mm) unnamed; Earlwood Wanderers Soccer Club, 5 Years Service Medal, in enamel and gilt (38mm) unnamed; Mountex Blackheath 1994 Medal, in enamel and silvered alloy on neck ribbon (42mm); Swimming medal, in gilt (47mm) cased with neck ribbon named to 'Dads Army / Sid Light / 1.2.1978 / 87 Not Out'; two other unnamed bronze prize medals for athletics; voided silver badge (41mm) with monogrammed letters 'NFC' (N? Football Club) in the centre and around the border is engraved 'Best All Round Player 1889', with four lugs on reverse for wearing. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $90
SOLD $110
N.S.W. Government Ambulance silver medal (30 x 30mm), reverse inscribed with recipient's name. Extremely fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $0
The Three Kings of 1936, King George VI Queen Elizabeth Crowned May 12 1937, in bronze (51mm) by Amor. Scarce, only 100 issued in bronze, uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Police Force of Victoria, The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners, identity pass (GVR) in silver (36mm). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Australia's 150th Anniversary Medal, silvered (57mm) by Amor (C.1938/7), presentation issue named on the edge 'His Excellency Sir Leslie Wilson G.C.S.I. G.C.I.E. G.C.M.G. D.S.O. (GOV) (Q'LAND)'. In official Amor case, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Portrait medal, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, Gov.Gen. of Australia, 1939, in bronze (138mm) by Andor Meszaros, screw mounted on wood (276mm x 200mm). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Portrait medal, Sir John Longstaff, 1941, in bronze (90mm) by Andor Meszaros. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Stations of the Cross, art medals in bronze (63mm) by Andor Meszaros, Christ's Second Fall, 1947; The Resurrection of Christ, in bronze (63mm) by Michael Meszaros, 1981; also Visit to Australia by Chaim Herzog, 1986, in bronze (50mm) by Michael Meszaros (C.1986/20). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Centenary of Government in Victoria, 1951, in bronze (64mm) by Andor Meszaros (C.1951/3); Olympic Games Melbourne, 1956, in bronze (63mm) by Andor Meszaros (C.1956/5). Both medals set into wooden display panels (20cm x 15cm). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
French Exhibitions in Australia, March - April 1956, La Perouse 1741-1788, in bronze (67mm) by Georges Guiraud, cased. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
French Exhibitions in Australia, March - April 1956, La Perouse 1741-1788, in bronze (67mm) by Georges Guiraud. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd, One Hundred Years of Progress, Melbourne, 1956, in bronze (58mm), reverse, Industry is Life by Meszaros (C.1956/9); another but with Thomas Stokes image and ten-line inscription on obverse and 100 Years Progress reverse (C.1956/9a); another but with second obverse and reverse of Industry is Life (C.1956/9b). The last item scarce and with original plastic capsule with glued in base which is identical to the Thomas Stokes obverse design, very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Agricultural award medals, generic medal featuring two cows in a pasture with shed in background, in silver (48mm) engraved on reverse, 'Presented by / The Ayrshire Cattle / Herd Book Society of G.B. & I. / Ch. Ayrshire Bull / Adelaide Royal Show 1952. / Won by G.H.Martin / Glengowrie Sundowner. / 13641.'; another identical with almost the same inscription but for Ch. Ayrshire Cow, Adelaide Show 1957, winner is G.H. & T.A. Martin for Davada Linda 45276; The Royal Pig Breeders Association, award medal in bronze (51mm), obverse pig right, on reverse, ancient Grecian man with dog and staff overlooking a pig herd, inscribed on obverse in exergue, 'C.H. & T.A.Martin / 1957.' Nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Sir Earle Page 1958, medal in bronze (69mm) (C.1958/1) by A.Meszaros. In unofficial fitted case, uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australian Broadcasting Commission, presentation medal in bronze (1959) by Andor Meszaros, inscribed on reverse 'Presented to / Mr O.A.T. Gimesy / by / Charles Moses / 30.12.1960'. Scratch on reverse, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Art medal, in bronze (135mm) a Hungarian family Coat of Arms, by Michael Meszaros, c1960s, as a private commission, unsigned, mounted on a wooden display panel (252mm x 195mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Art medal, 'Dante', in bronze (178mm) by Andor Meszaros, 1965, screw mounted on wood panel (300mm x 240mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Canberra medals, Royal Australian Mint, coins and wattle design, in bronze and another in gilt (54mm) (2) (C.R/7); another with coins and minting machinery design, in gilt (50mm) (C.R/8) all c.1966; Canberra important landmarks, in bronze (60mm) (2) (C.C/18). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Decimal Commemorative Medal, 14th February 1966, in 9ct gold (39mm, 40gms) by Stokes Ltd (C.1966/16). Scarce, only 24 issued in 9ct gold, in case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $740
Newcastle Numismatic Society, three medal set in copper, silver and 9 carat gold (30.2gms) (C.1966/6) edge numbered 14, issued to commemorate the conferring of a knighthood on Sir William Dobell, with three inserts all autographed by William Dobell. In wallet of issue, only 15 gold medals issued, rare, uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Woomera football awards, W.F.L. Australian National Code, Woomera Area Medal, in 9ct gold (32mm x 32mm, 16.2gms), engraved on reverse, 'Presented to / A.L.Betts / Koolymilka Club / Fairest and most / Brilliant Player / Season 1966'; another, The Mail medal, in 9ct gold (38mm x 34mm, 3.7gms) engraved on reverse, 'Presented / by / The Mail / A.Betts / (Koolymilka) / Fairest & most / brilliant player / Woomera F.L. / Season 1966'. Small piece of enamel missing from first medal otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
City of Adelaide Festival of Arts, 1968, in bronze (39mm) (2) (C.1968/7); Alice Springs Centenary, 1971, in bronze (50mm) (C.1971/1); Swan River Colony, 1979, in silver (42mm) (C.,1979/24); QEII Silver Jubilee, 1977, in silver (39mm) (C.1977/6); WMC, 1977, in nickel (37mm); Royal Tour, 1983, in gilt (51mm) (C.1983/26); Royal Geographical Society (Qld), 1985, in bronze (44mm) (C.1986/12); Bicentennial of First Fleet, 1987, in gilt (50mm); European Settlement of Tasmania, 1992, oxidised silvered (50mm) (2); Bathex 95, copper and aluminium (32mm) (2); Victoria 150th, 1984, in gilt (50mm); Pavilion of Holy See Expo 88, in gilt (39mm) (C.1988/24); Bicentennial Conservatory Adelaide, undated, in oxidised silvered (39mm); AFL & Pura Milk Commemorative, 1994, in bronze (50mm) (2); RAM Collector, undated, in bronze (39mm); Central Australia Bicentenary, 1986, in bronze (47mm); RAM Decimal Coins, c.1966, in bronze (54mm); Bicentennial issues, Education, in cupro nickel (39mm), sport, in bronze (39mm), Raising the Flag, in bronze (39mm); St George House Opened, 1990, in bronze (50mm) (2); souvenir coins, in gilt (44mm), WA (2), Kalgoorlie Goldfields, Golden Mile, and one in oxidised silvered (39mm) for bicentennial. Uncirculated. (33)
Estimate $170
SOLD $150