Military Medals & Militaria

Lot 768    Day 1    Military Medals & Militaria

Estimate $2,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au

PAIR: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 4281 A-Cpl. J.M.Hamilton. 18-Bn. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Ribbons damaged, otherwise vey fine.

Together with sporting medals, NZAA (NZ Amateur Athletic Association), Amateur Championship prize medal, struck in silver (30mm), no maker, winged and ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Feby/19/00/Wellington', reverse inscribed 'Three/Miles/Flat/won by/J.M.Hamilton/Second'; New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, prize medal, struck in silver (34mm), no maker, a pair of fish and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1/ 2 Mile Champ. Jan 1st 1901/J.M.Hamilton'. ^^4281 John Monro Hamilton; telegraphist, age 38, born at Wanganui, NZ; Enl.20Sep1915 at Casula, NSW with 2 years service in Field Battery at Napier, NZ; Emb.08Mar1916; to School of Instruction 01May1916; to 18Bn 02Oct1916; TOS 2nd Div Sig Coy 09Feb1917 as Sapper; RTA 04Jul1919; Disemb.20Aug1919; Disch.12Oct1919 in Sydney.^^John M.Hamilton, telegraphist of Napier, was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia for risking his life in assisting Percy Emerson, a cadet, aged 21 who was attempting to rescue a nurse, Annie Hickey, who drowned at the beach at Napier on 16 November 1897. They succeeded in bringing her body to shore but were too late to save her life. Percy Emerson was awarded the RHSA Silver Medal. The certificate awarded to John Hamilton, a member of the Wellington telegraphic staff, was presented to him by the Mayor at a meeting of the Wellington City Council on the evening of 6 October 1898.^^Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 79 (lot 2303).