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Lot 913    Session 4 (4:30pm Tuesday 31 July)    Australian Historical Medals

Estimate $60
Bid at live.noble.com.au

SPORTING MEDALS, New South Wales Amateur Athletic Assn, in silvered (30mm), reverse inscribed, 'State C'Ships/Sub.Jnr.1 Mile/R.Vagg/1st. 4.40.8S/26.2.56'; Amateur Athletics Association of N.S.W., in silvered (31x35mm), with suspension, reverse, School Boys/Championships, inscribed, 'Und.17. 1 Mile./"R.Vagg"/1st. 4.34.5/30.9.'56'; The Amateur Athletic Union of Australia, medal in gilt (45mm), reverse inscribed, 'R.A.Vagg/10,000 Metres/C.C.C'ship/35m.20s./26.8.61.';Archery Society of New South Wales State Championships, silvered bronze (51mm), reverse inscribed, 'Junior Boys/Instinctive/Field/1969'; another in bronze (51mm), unnamed; South Australian Target Pistol League State Championships, in silvered bronze (48mm), with suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Ladies Match/F.Ames/1973'; West Australian Pistol Association State Championships, in silvered bronze (46mm), unnamed. The last with edge nicks, some with oxidation marks, otherwise fine - good very fine. (7)

Bob Vagg was a distance running athlete. In 1958 he won the NSW Novice Cross Country Male Championship (5 miles), representing Eastern Suburbs AAC, hosted by St George AAC at Scarborough Park, Ramsgate. At the Australian Track and Field Championships 1960-61 held at Lang Park, Brisbane he finished 3rd in the 3 miles race, and 1st in the 6 miles. He also represented Australia in the marathon at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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