Aust. Historical Medals

Sale 112    25–28 Jul 2016   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 200    Session 1 (4:30pm Monday 25th July)    Aust. Historical Medals

Estimate $50
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $100

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, undated (1890), award medal in bronze (68mm), by J.S.&A.B.Wyon, obverse, farm animals and implements with hills in background, reverse, wreath of farm produce, edge inscribed, 'Awarded to J.G.Ramsay & Co for Reaper with Twine Binder Field Trial 1890'; St Peters & Prince Alfred Colleges, South Australia, undated (1912), prize medal in bronze (51mm), obverse, colleges' arms, reverse, wreath and legend, 'Intercollegiate Athletic Sports', inside wreath inscribed, '1 Mile Flat.Won by/J.McNeil/P.A.C./1912'. Both with edge nicks and bumps, the first with several digs on reverse, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)

J.G.Ramsay & Co was a South Australian firm with outlets at Adelaide, Clare, Laura and Mount Barker. It specialised in the sale of its own and imported mowers, reapers and winnowers.

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