This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kerryang966 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/9327.1.2.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been researching a company of jewellers in Bendigo and can say that the winery won medals even in 1868. . Five more gold medals were made by Messrs Joseph and Co. for the Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society as prizes for wine "at the late Autumn show... The medals are about the size of a florin; on the one side is a bunch of grapes with leaves, and the name of the society encircling them; on the obverse is an inscription to the effect that the medals were awarded to: the Messrs Bruhn; Heine and Greiffenhagen." Bendigo Advertiser, Monday 11 May 1868, page 2. (Later, other medals were awarded to these growers and can be viewed at the National Museum of Australia http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/3058/FriendsJun06-in-search-of-gold.pdf ). If you want to see more about these jewellers then have a look at https://sites.google.com/site/dyasonletters/messrs-joseph-and-cos-champion-medal-bendigo-rifles Regards Angus Pearson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>