Australian Historical Medals
Lot 605 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 17TH APRIL) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $100
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SOLD $80
VICTORIA'S JUBILEE, Ipswich Municipality Queensland, 1887, in gilt bronze (31mm) (C.1887/60); Education Department of Victoria Swimming and Life Saving medal, undated, in silvered (?) (50mm), by Stokes, Melb, edge impressed, 'George Bell 1920-21'. Very fine; metal test mark on edge, otherwise good very fine. (2)
The Swimming and Life Saving award applicants had to be 13 years of age and have passed the Senior Certificate. The test included swimming, diving, swimming 50 yards fully dressed, performing 5 methods of rescue and 3 methods of release, combined in the water, respiration work, practical and theoretical, and land drills of release and rescue methods.
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Estimate $100
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