Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Swimming

Lot 3669    SESSION 14 (11.30AM THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER)    Sporting & General Medals, Badges & Awards - Swimming &

Estimate $400
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MAINLY SWIMMING, award medals won by A.D.Laing, between 1905 and 1926: M.P.S.A.A.A., (presumed attribution - Manawatu Primary Schools Amateur Athletic Association), 1905, stock medal, hand engraved in silver (35x28mm), by Wishart & Co (John Wishart, Palmerston North), reverse inscribed '75 Yds 11-12/D.Laing'; N.Z.A.S.A. (New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association), handcrafted in silver and gold (30x30mm), by Jones & Sons (Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'Wellington/Centre/School Champ/Boy/A.D.Laing/2nd/1908-9'; W.C., handcrafted in silver and gold (32x22mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed '50 Yds/Jnr.Champ/1910/A.D.Laing 1st'; another, hand engraved in silver and gold (33x28mm), English maker and hallmark (1912), reverse inscribed 'Tug of War/Sergt.D.Laing'; S.C.A.S.C., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.1g, 33x33mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Oamaru), reverse inscribed 'S.C.A.S.C./Two 2nds 50 Yds/Won By A.D.Laing/At Timaru/25-2-15'; T.S.C. (presumed attribution - Timaru Swimming Club), stock medal struck in silver (28mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'T.S.C./1926/Flying Squadron/D.Laing'; another, as last, 1926, reverse inscribed '50 Yds/Men's/Champ./D.Laing/2nd'. All with ring top suspensions, nearly fine - good very fine. (7)

Together with a New Zealand Expeditionary Force Certificate of Discharge for 36158 Driver Andrew Duncan Laing, NZASC.

36158 Dvr Andrew Duncan Laing, 22nd Reinforcements, NZASC, NZEF, embarked from New Zealand 16th February 1917.