Commemorative & Historical Medals 1865-1905
Lot 111 SESSION 1 (9.30AM MONDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER) Commemorative & Historical Medals 1865-1905
Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $900
NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, Wellington, 1885, Prize Essay Competition, inscribed medal struck in gold (probably 18ct, tot wt 25.7g, 30mm), by S.Kohn & Co, Wellington, N.Z., ring top with bar and ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Awarded to/W.Reeve Haselden' - 'Press Onward' (M.-). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
William Reeve Haselden arrived in New Zealand in 1860 and settled in Westport, where he was mayor for five terms and a Crown prosecutor. He later moved to Wellington where he specialised in patent law and became a District Court judge in 1906.
Unlisted in Morel.
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