Militaria
Lot 426 eSALE (ONLINE ONLY:CLOSE FROM 9.30AM MONDAY 27TH MARCH) Militaria
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $520
ROYAL VISIT PRESENTATION FOB MEDAL, 1927, in gold (9ct; 12.95g; 32x40mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Canberra', reverse inscribed, 'Presented by/7th Light Horse./Royal Visit, 1927.'. In case of issue by Goldings, Jewellers, Goulburn, nearly uncirculated.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York (later King George VI) officially established Canberra as the seat of government of the Commonwealth of Australia on 9 May 1927 when he opened the new Parliament House. Following this His Royal Highness, mounted on a special Light Horse charger, reviewed the ranks of 3,000 men including returned soldiers at the review ground at Canberra. The reviewed troops included 20 officers and 170 other ranks of the Seventh Light Horse Regiment.
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