Australian Historical Medals
Lot 745 SESSION 3 - 2.30PM Tuesday 29 July Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $2,400
VICTORIA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, handcrafted prize medal in silver (56.5mm), double convex discs in a decorative ring frame with swivel ring suspension, engraved on obverse, fantasy Australian Coat of Arms between a cast beehive and wheat sheaf, below, an engraved plough over 'Speed The Plough', inscribed on reverse First Prize/Mangold/Wurtzel/Awarded to/Mr Wm Hall/6th March 1862/Victoria Agricultural Society'. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Ex Spink Auctions (Australia) Sale 8 (lot 133) and Bentleigh Collection.
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