Agricultural & Horticultural Medals

Lot 628    Day 1    Agricultural & Horticultural Medals

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, 1920, struck in silver (47mm), by S&S (Stokes & Sons, Melbourne), clip-on ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Rayner/Romney Marsh/Ewe/Masterton' (S.480); Southdown Sheep Society Of N.Z, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.83g, 31x36mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Royal Show/1934/Best 2 th. Ram/(Unhoused)/W.Rayner'; Wairarapa & East Coast P & A Society, struck in gold (9ct, 7.33g, 26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion/Natural/Condition/Southdown Ram/Wm. Rayner/1937'; Wairarapa & East Coast A&P. (Agricultural & Pastoral) (sic) Society Show, Wheeler Memorial Shield, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 9.20g, 29x35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pres to/William Rayner/For the Best/N.Z. Bred Romney Ram/Wairarapa & East Coast/A&P.Society Show/1943'; Wairarapa & East Coast P&A Society, struck in silver (26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1949/Champ./Southdown Ram/O.H.Rayner'; Hawke's Bay Agricultural & Pastoral Society, struck in silver (50mm), by J.Pinches, London, obverse and reverse appear to have some damascened highlights including inscription 'Centennial Show/O.H.Rayner', also inscribed at base '1959', edge inscribed 'Southdown (N.C) Champ - Ram'; Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand, Reserve Champion, struck in silver (35mm), by M&K Ld (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Southdown-Ewe/Open/O.H.Rayner/1959'. Good very fine - extremely fine. (7)

Family awards, presumably father and son.