Watch List notes:

Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, (1914), in silver (51mm) by W.J.Amor. Sydney, inscribed on reverse, '1914/Awarded To/B.C.Barwick/Maker Of/Equal-Third Prize/Butter/Continuous Judging Class'. Some scuffing and a few minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine. Provenance - Basil Cecil Barwick, butter maker, age 23, born at Hinton, NSW served with the AIF in WWI. He enlisted on 16 February 1915 at Liverpool, NSW in 5 Field Ambulance and embarked for overseas service on 26 May 1915. He was a stretcher bearer and was often working under very dangerous conditions to retrieve wounded men from the battlefields of France. He was wounded in action on 9 March 1917 and was twice decorated for his heroism under fire. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery (London Gazette 9 July 1917) and a Bar to his Military Medal (London Gazette 17 June 1919). Ex John Houstone Collection.

Estimate: 150 AUD