Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 942 Session 4 (4.30pm Tuesday) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $170
FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION, Sandhurst, March 1886, in gilded brass (22mm), with ribbon suspension (C.1886/1). Extremely fine and scarce.
Originally named Castleton, the settlement at the Bendigo Creek goldfields was renamed Sandhurst in 1854. However, locals referred to it as Bendigo and after a plebiscite in 1891 Sandhurst was renamed Bendigo. Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 85A (lot 739).
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 940
NORTH EASTERN PASTORAL & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Murchison, 1882-1887, a group of nineteen prize medals in ...
Estimate $24,000
Lot 941
JUBILEE OF CONGREGATIONALISM IN AUSTRALIA, 1883, uniface medal in silver plated bronze (102mm) by Jackson ...
Estimate $650
Lot 942 This lot
FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION, Sandhurst, March 1886, in gilded brass (22mm), with ribbon suspension (C.1886/1). Extremely ...
Estimate $250
Lot 943
TOWERS PASTORAL AGRICULTURAL & MINING ASSOCIATION, in silver (48mm), reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/R.Hornsby & Sons/Special ...
Estimate $700
Lot 944
CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Melbourne, 1888, in silver (51mm) by Stokes & Martin (C.1888/8), inscribed on ...
Estimate $350