Australian Historical Medals
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Lot 759 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 25 JULY) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD, 1979, medallic first day cover with silver medal (38mm), with Opera House postmark at Sydney 13Aug1979, in folder cover; HMAS Canberra Commissioning medal, 1981, in cupro nickel (40mm) (C.1981/19), together with City Ship Liaison Committee accompanying letter; 60th Anniversary of Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1992, in antique silver (31mm), in card holder; Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Collection, 2000, by Daily Telegraph, set of twenty one (one missing), in gilt and enamel, in photographic folder; Mount Isa City Tourist Dollar, undated, in copper (45mm); other medallions in gilt for 1982 Harbour Bridge Golden Jubilee (6), 1982 The Royal Heir (4), 1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, 1983 Royal Visit, 1988 Melbourne Cup; Olymphilex Memorabilia Exhibition, 2000, an oval enamelled medal made from a rolled, elongated Australian 1964 penny, with ribbon suspension; Sydney 2000 Olympic pins (2), on original cards of issue; replica of an Anzac 1915 commemorative lapel badge issued in 1967. Some of the gilt medals with spotting, otherwise uncirculated. (22 + Olympic set)
Ex D.A.Garland Collection.
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