Australian Historical Medals
Lot 457 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 29TH MARCH) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $380
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, M.D.CCC. LXXIX (1879), in bronze (51mm, small size as awarded to school children), by J.S. & A.B.Wyon, stop after CCC in date, reverse inscribed, 'To/Mary Johnson/aged 11 years/for/Needlework'. Some small edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise very fine.
Mary Johnson was a student from Fort St Public School and the exhibition report actually gives her age as 9.
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