Australian Historical Medals

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 538    SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 23RD NOV)    Australian Historical Medals

Estimate $350
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $360

VPRC (VICTORIA PARK RACING CLUB), fob medal in gold (15ct; 7.06g; 24mm), by Proud, ring and scroll top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented/To/E.Henry/for winning the/Victoria Park Cup/on "Sornette"/16/6/20'. Toned, good very fine.

To commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales a special meeting was held by the Associated Racing Clubs on 16 June 1920. At the conclusion of the Victoria Park meeting the officials and many visitors gathered in the club room and Alderman Connelly of Waterloo presented gold medals to F.Ponton, rider of Glen Hampton in the Prince of Wales Stakes, and to E.Henry, rider of Sornette in the Victoria Park Cup.

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