Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Opening
Lot 2844 SESSION 10 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER) Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Opening of
Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
WAIRAU HOSPITAL, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.5g, 50x23mm), unidentified maker, ring top suspension, inscribed 'Presented/To/Hon.J.A.Young/Minister of Health/On opening Nurses Home/Wairau Hospital/Blenheim/April 20.1926'. Very fine.
See also lots 2842, 2843, 2845-46, 2848-50, 2852, 2866, 3395 to the same recipient.
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Lot 2842
CHRISTCHURCH, presentation key, handcrafted in silver (70x30mm), inscribed 'To the/Hon.J.A.Young/from Plunket Society/Chch Branch/opening of/Karitane Mothers ...
Estimate $220
Lot 2843
WAIKATO DISTRICT HOSPITAL, presentation key, handcrafted in silver gilt and enamel (140x45mm), reverse inscribed 'Presented ...
Estimate $600
Lot 2844 This lot
WAIRAU HOSPITAL, presentation key, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.5g, 50x23mm), unidentified maker, ring top suspension, ...
Estimate $450
Lot 2845
AUCKLAND, presentation key, handcrafted in silver (95x29mm), unknown maker, hallmark for Birmingham 1925, pin-back suspension, ...
Estimate $300
Lot 2846
PLUNKET ROOMS (PAHIATUA), presentation key, 1926, in silver (95x28mm), with unknown maker's mark, obverse inscribed ...
Estimate $350