Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1465

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£80

South Africa, The Rand Motor Cycling Club, Durban to Jo’burg Race, a gold award medal signed R.M.P., rider crouched over the handlebars of his machine, rev. legend, named (11th Place, H.C. Kirkland, 1928), 26mm, 9ct, 8.75g (cf. DNW 62, 1599); M.D.F.A., Five-a-Side, award badges (2), in gold and silver, elephant in shield, backs named (gold: 1920, Winners, Pirates ‘A’, V. Borain, Seniors; silver: Senior ‘A’ Runners up, Pirates F.C., Maritzburg, V.H. Borain), 43 x 28mm, 38 x 26mm, 9ct, 7.57g; Huguenot Girls High School, Wellington, a white metal award medal, un-named, 38mm; another base metal award medal, 1933 [5]. First three extremely fine, others very fine; all with loops for suspension (£60-80)

The Huguenot Girls High School, Wellington, opened in 1899; it merged with the boys school of the same name in 1954 and is now known as the Huguenot High School