Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles
Lot 4983 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,300
SYDNEY-EMDEN, miniature Maori greenstone mere club, with gold suspension loop, near the end is a small band engraved 'H.M.A.S. / Sydney' on one side and '9.11.14' on the other. Very fine and rare.
When H.M.A.S.Sydney visited New Zealand after WWI the New Zealand Government hosted a special dinner to celebrate Sydney sinking the German Light cruiser, SMS Emden, on 9 November 1914. All in attendance at the dinner received the greenstone fob to recognise this event.
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