Commemorative Medals
Lot 2947 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Commemorative Medals
Estimate $100
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SOLD $350
TURN UND GESANG FEST MELBOURNE, (Gymnastics & Music Festival), in silver (37mm), with suspension loop, reverse inscribed, 'Erinnerung/24 Novr 1862' (in memory of 24 Novr 1862). Obverse with black stains and scratch, edge nick, otherwise fine and scarce.
This event at the Cremorne Gardens in Melbourne, Victoria was the first held in this quarter of the world by the Teutonic population. It was held on the 24th November 1862 and the following two days and it was attended by about 1,000-1,500 German colonists from Victoria, NSW and South Australia with about 300 competing for prizes in gymnastics.
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