World Historical Medals

Sale 113    22–25 Nov 2016   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 3817    Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C    World Historical Medals

Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $50

WORLD SPORTS MEDALS, France, Whitbread Round The World Race, 1973-4, in bronze (38mm), reverse inscribed, 'Cape Town/Sydney Leg/1973/Kriter'; Nice Golf Club, undated, in silver (39mm), hallmarked for maker, Mappin & Webb, unnamed; Great Britain, London & District Weight Lifting League, (1968), in silver (30mm), reverse inscribed, 'C Division/Champions 1968/Gifford Barbell/Club/A.Ferridge'; Table Tennis prize medal, undated, in bronze (31mm), unnamed. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)


Kriter, a French yacht, was designed and built specifically to compete in the Whitbread Round The World Race 1973-74, the first one staged. Cape Town to Sydney was the 2nd leg of the race. Kriter raced under the sponsorship of Kriter Champagne and finished fourth in the race under skipper Jack Grout. The companies promotion worked and over 40,000 bottles of champagne were produced featuring a photograph of Kriter roaring downwind around Cape Horn.

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