16-05-2023, 08:30 AM
(15-05-2023, 02:13 PM)translateltd Wrote:(13-05-2023, 07:56 PM)Dean Wrote: thoughts?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134569986266?ha...Sw5YVkXmCR
What thoughts are you after? :-) Looks good - I wasn't familiar with the maker's mark on the rim. This medal was written up in the NZNJ about 15 years ago - the issue it was in should be available free online from RNSNZ.org.nz.
thanks Martin, all this time I'd not realised NZNJs were available for free online! It says the name of the awardee is inscribed on the edge so it would appear this ebay example is likely a specimen? Question would be how many are there, and in what year where they minted. Name change from NZ Institute to Royal Society of NZ occurred in 1933 so maybe there were a few left over from then? I'm very tempted to bid but suspect there would be buyers willing to pay a lot more than me, and always get a bit nervous importing expensive items into NZ. Maybe RNSNZ can organise a whip-round of members and we can get it returned to NZ? As a non RNSNZ member I volunteer to be a neutral to look after it!