Swimming & Life Saving Medals
Lot 1162 Day 1 Swimming & Life Saving Medals
Estimate $80
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W.B.A.S & L.S.C. (Worser Bay Amateur Swimming & Life Saving Club), uniface stock medal, struck in bronze (26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Blair Cup/ W.B.A.S & L.S.C./N.Z/T.O.Fox/1915-16/Second/880 Yds'; Ponsonby Amateur Swimming Club, (1927), uniface struck in copper (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '5 Widths Relay/Boys Under 12/Richmond Rd/J.Johnston'. The second with some oxidation at edges, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (2)
The Blair Cup was competed for in a race from Seatoun Wharf to Worser Bay Beach.
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