Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Rugby &
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Lot 3254 SESSION 12 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER) Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Rugby & Ru
Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $800
R.R.U. (Rangitikei Rugby Union), decorative cloth fob chain (23cm), with gold (9ct, tot wt 17.5g) fittings (fob clips are rolled gold), including a 9ct fob medal (30x30mm), struck and hand engraved, no maker, reverse inscribed 'R.R.U./Junior/Seven A Side/1924/L.Benseman'; another, cloth fob drop with gold (9ct, tot wt 15.0g) fittings, including a fob medal, handcrafted in 9ct for 'Finnimore Cup, 1925', reverse inscribed 'L.Benseman'. Fine. (2)
Together with a newspaper cutting of the time.
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