Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Opening

Sale NZ1    11–15 Sep 2023   Noble Numismatics   Sydney

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Lot 2839    SESSION 10 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER)    Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Opening of

Estimate $600
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OPENING OF O'CONOR MEMORIAL HOME (WESTPORT), February 7th 1918, by Arthur Leaver Esq., First Trustee, handcrafted silver presentation key (135x48mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Arthur Leaver Esq./Mayor of Westport/By/Swan & Swan/Architects'. Very fine and impressive.

From the 'Colonist' - 9th February 1918.

'The O'Conor Memorial Institute, for aged and indigent people of both sexes, which has been erected in spacious grounds on the Nine-mile road, Westport, in terms of the will of the late Mr Eugene Joseph O'Conor ("the Buller Lion") was opened on Thursday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Mr Arthur Leaver, Mayor of Westport, who was supported on the platform by Archbishop Redwood and Mr James Colvin, M.P., chairman of the Trust Board.'

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