Catalogue
Millers Metal Stampers, display board with selection of medals, tokens and enamelled badges (total 149) as made at Miller & Son, Sydney, labelled within categories, also a display board with enamelled club badges, mainly Sydney Cricket Ground and St. George Leagues Club. Fine - uncirculated. (223)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,600
The Courtship, set of six medals, 1990, in sterling silver (50mm, 71.5g each), designed by Michael Meszaros, minted by Royal Australian Mint. In Australian silky oak presentation box, uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Sydney Tower, undated (1991) in silver (36mm), obverse, Sydney Tower, reverse, Harbour Bridge & Opera House view; The Perth Mint medallion, undated, in gilt (31mm), reverse inscribed, 'Struck/For/Schwarzkopf/PH21/21st November 1994/025315'; Centenary of Federation/Federation of Flowers, Canberra, ACT, 2001, in silver (50mm), no.258 of only 300 struck by RAM; Shree Mahalakshmi medal, undated, in silver (40mm) by Perth Mint, obverse, Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity, reverse, symbol of Hinduism inside a circle of lotus leaves. In cases or packs of issue, uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Australian Numismatic Society medals, ANS Sydney Inaugural Meeting 1913 Commemorating 90 Years 2003; ANS Conference Port Macquarie 2004; ANS Qld Branch Commemorating 500 Meetings, 2004; Australia's Oldest Numismatic Society founded 1913/Five Shillings/H; ANS Centenary 2013; ANS Established 20th February 1913; another as previous but with two cents in centre (ANS:31, 34, 35, 71, 92, 100, last unrecorded) (7); also book, Medals of the Australian Numismatic Society 1913-2013 Concise Edition by John W.Cook A.F.A.N.S., soft cover, 40pp. Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tasmania Fire Service badge, (90x109mm) (QC), in enamel and chrome; Tasmania Fire Service enamel lapel badges (QC) for 10 Years (2), 15 Years, 20 Years, 30 Years (2), 40 Years (2), Life Member; Tasmanian Fire Brigades Competitions Association enamel lapel badge, another for Official and another for Life Member (all QC); Rural Fires Board Brigade Member enamel lapel badges (8). The first missing pin on back, otherwise uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Road safety related metal badges, R.S.C. (Road Safety Council), NSW; another type, Tasmania; another type, Junior Branch; Road Safety League by Amor; R.S.C., NSW Safe Driving Award, 5 years; National Safety Council Drivers Award, 5 years, blue and red enamel with a 9 years bar by Luke; another, green and red enamel, 5 years; National Emergency Service A.U.C.S.D.A. Despatch by Amor; Barnes Driving School, Safe Driving badge (32mm). Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Sailing and motor boat clubs, a selection of mostly enamel badges, includes NSW 18ft Sailing Club; C.G. 12ft F.S.; Royal Motor Yacht Club of NSW; St. George Motor Boat Club; NSW Offshore Power Boat Club; Jewfish Bay Motor Boat Club. Described in 2x2 holders, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
NSW Tramways, cap badges, Conductor (blue); Dept. of Road Transport and Tramways, Starter (large red voided); Dept. of Road Transport, Omnibus Services (silvered centre); another (bronze centre); Dept. of Government Transport (oval, dark blue with crown); P.T.C (Public Transport Commission) of NSW (oval pale blue). Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Sports badges and medals, a wide selection including bowls, cricket, Sydney Cricket Ground member's badges, figure skating, horse racing, lacrosse, netball, polo crosse, rowing, rugby league, swimming pools, table tennis, tug of war, Victorian football league. Mostly described in 2x2 holders, fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $90
SOLD $90
Casino and gaming tokens, contains a group of early tokens and chips used in Australia (11); plus a selection of modern Australian Casino tokens (13), many different. Fine - uncirculated. (24)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Masonic jewels and medal, Mark and Royal Arch Masons United Supreme Grand Chapter N.S.W. & A.C.T. presentation medal, in silvered bronze (61mm), unnamed, with small display stand, together with printed note, 'With the compliments of the First Grand Principal'; Masonic Royal Arch Companion's jewel, unnamed, in case by A.E.Bowen of Adelaide, Sth Aust; Masonic Scottish Royal Arch Companion's Founder jewel, cased; also Scotland, Albert 448 Lochee Lodge Honorary Member jewel, suspension brooch inscribed 'John Ross', cased; two unidentified lengths of neck ribbon, one 77mm wide and the other 50mm wide. Extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
School badges, in enamel, noted Goondiwindi S.H.S. by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane; Nudgee College by Stokes & Sons, Melb (2); Rockhampton High School, no maker's name; also in silver and enamel, Presbyterian Girls College Warwick by Dempster. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Medalets, 1872-1980, check pieces, tokens, curiosities; also, British coins and tokens, including 1745 Lima halfcrown, 1816 eighteenpence Bank token, 17th Century farthing - John Tucker of Morton Hemsted, 1661, pennies and twopences, hop-pickers tokens, Irish Gunmoney crown, shilling (May 1690), Netherlands various dates and mints of silver two stuivers (17), arranged in two linen covered coin boxes with six pierced trays in each. Fair - uncirculated. (314)
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
Medalets, 1897-1988, includes Diamond Jubilee, 1897; For Britain and the Empire (C.O/2) c1900; Marcus Clark The Big Store, 1932; Centenary of Portland/Melbourne 1934-35; Edward VIII Birthday, 1938; Enfield Municipal Council Coronation, 1937; another, Kogarah; another, Rockdale, 1937; Australia Celebrations, 1937; Victory, 1945; 150th Anniversary, 1938; Jubilee, 1951; Centenary of NSW Railways; Royal Visit, 1954; Royal Tour, 1954; Centenary of Woollahra, 1960; Local Government, Victoria, 1970; Tamworth Centenary, 1976; Earth Week, 1979; Two-up penny, 1983. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $140
SOLD $120
Medalets, including State of Queensland; Coronation (C.1911/22); Coronation Ashfield (C.1911/24); St Johns Church, Newton Tasmania (C.1916/9); Victorian Coronation (C.1937/10); Manly Childrens Victory (C.1945/7); Royal Tour (C.1954/2); Angus & Coote, Jewellers, Coronation 1953; Lithgow Small Arms Factory, 50th Anniversary (C.1962/?); Victory/Peace (C.1919/2) partly finished; Two-up penny commemorative, 1980s; Magician 'All Seeing Eye'; Archibald Fountain Golden Jubilee, 1932-1982, struck in silver. Mostly very fine - uncirculated, includes several scarce items. (13)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Medalets, 1919-1988, including Victory, 1919; Prince of Wales Visit, 1920; Rockdale Council Coronation, 1937; Municipality of Leichhardt, Coronation, 1937; Australia Celebrations, 1937; another type, 1937; 150th Anniversary, 1938 (2); Victory, 1945; Jubilee, 1951; Angus & Coote, Coronation, 1953; Royal Visit, 1954; Centenary NSW Railways, 1955; Wollongong Centenary, 1959. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Medalets and tinnies, mostly c1900 - 1990s, mainly Australian with many multiples, also noted a few Life Saving Society award badges, Great Britain, London Bridge Opening, 1831, in bronze (29mm) (BHM 1548), some medals with original ribbons. Poor - extremely fine. (approx 120)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Life saving medals, Royal Life Saving Society, bronze medallions various types, shades and sizes from 25mm to 32mm (14), also includes the Intermediate Star (4), the Bronze Star (3) and the Bronze Cross, various dates ranging from 1907 to 1969. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $180
SOLD $270
Swimming, selection of swimming prize medals, Hurstville Amateur Swimming Club noted, also London Banks Amateur Swimming Assn prize medals in silver (27mm), 1923; another, 1926; London Schools Swimming Association (41x30mm), 1927. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Tennis badges, all metal, includes Lawn Tennis Assn of Victoria; Mackay & District 1940; Willoughby District; Vanderville Tennis Club (The Oaks); White City Club; also, Davis Cup, 1965 Umpires' badge and a souvenir programme from 1944 for a series of exhibition matches at White City courts, between Australian and USA players on 15th July 1944, players include 'Dinny' Pails and Jack Crawford. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Sports medals, badges and checks, including athletics, bowls, cricket (Wally Hammond tinnie noted), darts, dressage, fencing, figure skating, golf, Greyhound Breeders & Trainers NSW badge, harness racing, NSW Womens Hockey Assn Umpire badge, Kyneton District Racing Club member's ticket, Newcastle Jockey Club members badge 1954, sailing, Taekwondo, Queensland admission tokens Stephens Raceway. Mostly fine - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Enamel lapel badge collection, Transport Workers Union of Australia, reverse numbered 1635, with red enamelled (small piece of enamel missing) attachment in centre in shape of Tasmania (Smith 631); Seamen's Union of Australia 1872 (Smith 570); Australian Made Preference League; NSW Gould League of Bird Lovers 1964; The Services Nurses Welfare Association of Tasmania; CW Youths Club; A.P.I. Carnival 1961; Darwin Sports Rifle Club; also Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland Toowoomba pin back medal on ribbon; another but with Committee suspender brooch; Qld Police (QC) enamel tie pin; Masonic Lodge name holder for 'Michael Wade'; Eleventh Australian Jamboree Rossmore Park Dandenong 1976-77 badge affixed to leather scout ribbon toggle; GG (Girl Guides) small pin back badge in silver. Fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, Queen Victoria, sovereign, 1894 Melbourne, in 18ct gold pendant frame with loop suspension (tot wt 10.55g). Contact marks from wearing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $430
SOLD $440
Australia, George V, sovereign, 1913 Melbourne, inset in the lid of a vintage mahogany turned box (W77xH47cm), used as rouge box or trinket box. Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Australia, 1927 Canberra florin, reverse enamelled and brooch pin fitted to obverse; another voided reverse with obverse shaved smooth and brooch pin fitted; another with Parliament House and date 1927 cut from a florin and fitted to a boomerang inscribed 'Ruby', the reverse shaved smooth and a brooch pin and safety chain fitted; a ring made from the outside edge of a penny with the obverse legend visible on inside of band; a hand-made silver (?) fob with raised shield in centre and a horse and jockey at top; crossed pick and spade miner's brooch with Sth Africa on spade, brooch pin missing and gold plating worn; St Andrews Ambulance Association 1882 membership badge no.S992, in silver, on short length of silver fob watch chain. Some enamel missing from first, otherwise fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Australian Taxation Office, 2010, 20c coins in packs signed by Commissioner (5) (not in McD.); Telecom special limited edition phonecards for Disney, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse mint set of 2, each a $2 phonecard on a card (20 cards); 1960s Kodak Instamatic Movie Projector in carry case. Uncirculated, camera fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
German New Guinea, gilt reproductions of ten and twenty mark issues together with an aluminium medal with inserts in gilt of German New Guinea five mark pieces (with certificate); also, 2 high silver content bars of Tibetan silver, total weight 280g. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
South Africa, Republic, krugerrand, 1982 (KM.73) with jeweller set ruby in a starburst design on the reverse. Small scratch near ruby, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,650
Yemen, al-Mutawakkil Yahya bin Muhammad (Iman Yahya), silver Ahmadi riyal, AH1322 (1904) (KM.Y.7), with fitted ornamental scroll mount in silver. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Coin jewellery, Australia, 1910 florin, obverse shaved and with voided reverse design with suspension loop; Great Britain, 1886 farthing, voided around Queen Victoria's head, with suspension hole; 1862 penny with young head Queen Victoria silver threepence inset into obverse, with brooch pin fitting on reverse; 1967 penny with enamelled reverse; British India, silver one rupee, 1890, with selective enamelling on reverse and brooch pin fitting on obverse; Ancient Rome, silver denarius of Vespasian, c69-70AD, with suspension hole and loop fitted for wear as a pendant. Very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170