Medal (-1) in case (-2), Australia: NSW, commemorative, presented by the City of Sydney to Captain J.A. Collins C.B.,R.A.N. for the sinking of B Colleoni by HMAS Sydney, 1940.

Administrative body for city of Sydney (https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/history-city-sydney-council)

Municipality of City of Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian company producing medals and other comemmorative material. 
In 1874 Willliam Joseph Amor was apprenticed to English medallists J.S. and A.B. Wyon. Nine years later he went to Paris, where he remained until 1887. Intending to go to America and work his way home to England, he visited Sydney en route and was persuaded by Robert Hunt, Deputy-Master of the Sydney Mint, to stay and start his own business. Amor established the business in 1888 and married the daughter of the Chief Engineer of the Sydney Mint. In 1917 Amor became a limited company, in which principal employees were given an interest. In 1935 Amor sold his share to A.H. Byatt, retaining a position as Advisory Director of the business. Amor’s company became Sydney’s major medallist and die-sinker for over a century thanks to its ability to meet demand for locally produced, high-quality commemoratives

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Amor Mint

N19261 Medal and case, commemorating the sinking of the Italian Crusier Bartolomeo Colleoni by HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean Sea, 1940, silver / plastic / textile, issued by the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, made by Amor Mint, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, presented by

Flat pieces of medal, usually in the shape of a disc, star, cross, etc, bearing an inscription or device which is issued to commemorate a person, event or deed; or as a reward for bravery or merit; and which is usually worn on the person.

POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Medal commemorating HMAS Sydney sinking Bartolomeo Colleoni

Object No. N19261

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