Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 907 SESSION 4 (4.30PM MONDAY 30TH AUGUST) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $120
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SOLD $380
NEWINGTON COLLEGE, uniface medal in silver (45mm), no maker, with ribbon scroll suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Newington College/Junior Public/Examination/1888/E.C.Hall'. Hairlines and staining on reverse, otherwise very fine.
The annual distribution of prizes for Newington College was held at the college at Stanmore, Sydney, NSW on Wednesday 19 December 1888 with Rev. C.Lane, president of the Wesleyan Conference taking the chair in the absence, through illness, of the Hon. E.Webb MLC. The silver medal for distinction in Juniors was awarded to E.C.Hall who achieved a pass of 7 A's, a feat equalled by only one other candidate. He was also Dux and first in Classics, English, French and Mathematics.
See lot 923 for another medal to this recipient.
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