Catalogue
Lot 468
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
THE N.Z. Centennial Exhibition, Dominion Court, 1940, medallist pull (test piece), uniface, struck in copper (40x38mm). Some carbon patches, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $120
Lot 469
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1939-40, pass in gold (9ct, 12.2g, 32x30mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse 'To/Hon.D.G.Sullivan./From/T.C.A.Hislop C.M.G./Chairman/Charles Todd Esq/Deputy Chairman' (M.-). ...
Estimate $700
Lot 470
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
THE N.Z. Centennial Exhibition, (1940), uniface, struck in copper (21mm), no maker (M.-). Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $140
Lot 471
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
THE N.Z. Centennial Exhibition, 1840-1940, uniface, struck in copper (19mm) (M.-); another, in silvered and enamel (33x26mm) (M.-). Solder blob on back of the first, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 472
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
THE N.Z. Centennial Exhibition, (1940), uniface, drop pendant brooch, in silver plate and enamel (30x30mm), pierced at top, with chain attached to propeller bar, pin-back ...
Estimate $60
Lot 473
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, Wellington, 1940, souvenir powder compact, in bakelite and brass (65x65x7mm). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $70
Lot 474
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1840-1940, souvenir pen (170x18mm), no nib, with peephole magnifying a view of the exhibition building. A crack in the back of ...
Estimate $70
Lot 475
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENARY (1940), 'Kiwi' badge in gilt and enamel (25x23mm), no maker, pin-back (M.-). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
Lot 476
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1940, wishbone/kiwi brooch in gilt (40x20mm), British Made (on card), pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $40
Lot 477
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, Wellington, 1840-1940, souvenir butter dish, silvered (127mm), no maker. Plating flaking on front, fine and rare.
Estimate $70
Lot 478
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
THE N.Z. Centennial Exhibition, 1840-1940, clock key, uniface, cast in brass (115x50mm). Bent and squashed shaft, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
Lot 479
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL, Wellington, 1940, The New Zealand Institution of Engineers, incorporated 1914, struck in bronze (41mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), uninscribed (S.558; ...
Estimate $880
Lot 480
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL GAMES, Auckland, 1940, struck in antique bronze (45mm) by W&H (Walker & Hall) (M.1940/13). Uncirculated and scarce, wrapped in tissue paper in ...
Estimate $2,800
Lot 481
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL GAMES, Auckland, 1940, struck in antique bronze (45mm) by W&H (Walker & Hall) (M.1940/13). Uncirculated and scarce, wrapped in tissue paper in ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 482
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL, 1840-1940, medalet struck in plain bronze, uniface (26x22mm), no maker, no pin-back (cfM.1940/16). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $70
Lot 483
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, Main Tower, 1940, struck in gilt and enamel (36x34.5mm), by Stratton, Birmingham, England, pin-back (M.1940/23). Very fine.
Estimate $50
Lot 484
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, Main Tower, 1940, struck in gilt and enamel (36x34.5mm), by Stratton, Birmingham, England, pin-back (M.1940/23). Very fine.
Estimate $50
Lot 485
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENNIAL, 1840-1940, National Eucharistic Congress, struck in silvered and red enamel (27x18mm), by Theo Meyer, Auckland, pin-back (M.-). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
Lot 486
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENARY, 1840-1940, silvered (18mm), by Young & Co Ld, Auck., with stick-pin (M.-). Very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $120
Lot 487
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
N.Z. CENTENARY, 1840-1940, struck in silver (19mm), by Young & Co Ld, Auck, with stick-pin (M.-). Edge trimmed at 6 o'clock, nearly extremely fine and ...
Estimate $120
Lot 488
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND CENTENARY (1940), badge in silver and enamel (32x28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'A.M.R./1940' (M.-). Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
Lot 489
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
CENTENNIAL CONTEST, Wellington, 1940, N.Z.B.B.A. (New Zealand Brass Bands Association), uniface, struck in silver and gold (43x33mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top, ribbon ...
Estimate $240
Lot 490
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
S.A.B.B.U (South Auckland Brass Band Union), Te Aroha, 1940, uniface, struck in silver (35x28mm), no maker, ring top and ribbon suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.Lees/Test Selection/N.M.B.' ...
Estimate $70
Lot 491
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
KIA ORA - ACHILLES, c1910, uniface, impressed in tin (22mm), no maker, with stick-pin; another, struck in brass (21mm), missing stick-pin from back (M.A/1). Very ...
Estimate $70
Lot 492
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLIONS, as per Morel numbers (M.A/1, K/1, K/3 and M/1). Very fine - extremely fine, the last extremely rare and illustrated. (4)
Estimate $180
Lot 493
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
ANZAC & C.D.C (Citizens' Defence Corps), c1915, struck in copper (24mm), no maker, ring top suspension (M.A/2, A/2A, A/2C (3, one in gilt [ring broken ...
Estimate $70
Lot 494
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
AUCKLAND BAND OF HOPE UNION, struck in white metal (38mm), no maker, pierced at top (M.A/3). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $180
Lot 495
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NELSON BAND OF HOPE, New Zealand, undated, in white metal (38mm), no maker, pierced at top for suspension (M.-, cfA/3). Slight bend and blistering, otherwise ...
Estimate $500
Lot 496
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND DIVISION, British Expeditionary Force, c1917, struck in bronze (45mm), by (Spink, London), reverse inscribed 'N.Z.E.F. Sport Control Board./Sgt.E.C.W.Tepene.' (M.B/1). Extremely fine.
Estimate $240
Lot 497
Sale 889 Commemorative & Historical Medals 1936-2017
NEW ZEALAND DIVISION, British Expeditionary Force, c1917, struck in bronze (45mm), by Spink, London, unawarded (M.B/1). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $280