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Lot 887    Session 3 (2.30pm Tue 25th March)    Aust. Historical Medals

Estimate $900
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000

BERT HINKLER AIRMAN BUNDABERG, Australia, London to Darwin flight in 16 days, Feb 1928 in silver (51mm, 80g) by CDR (C.Douglas Richardson for Stokes), issued by the Numismatic Society of Victoria (C.1928/1). Edge test file, handling marks and small edge bruise on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare in silver.

Only three sterling silver medals were struck, one to Hinkler's mother, one to the Mayor of Bundaberg and the P.Kennedy Collection example (Spink Australia Sale 33 lot 2440) another example was also sold by us in Sale 67 lot 459. This could be one of the first two mentioned or an additional example.

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