THE LAURIE OSBORNE ESTATE MEDAL COLLECTION
Monday, 25 May - Monday, 8 June 2026
Two early 20thC shooting medals with a medal case marked W.R. Bock Engraver Wellington,
Realised: $65 plus premium
Lot Details
Lot: (i) bronze NZ Army Rifle Association NZ Services Match 1924 on ribbon and suspension bar, engraved verso 'Southern Command Terr's L. Cpl. A. E. Holland* N.Z.E' (ii) sterling silver medallion on ribbon engraved 'S.R.V. Miniature Rifle HOLP won by Srgt J. H. Kirk 1910’ *Alfred Edward Holland WWI 26/179 Rifleman, NZ Rifle Brigade. Provenance: Laurie Osborne Collection
Other items you may like from this sale
Two (NZ makers - HT Peat & WR Bock) silver shooting medals along with Jubilee and Long Service Medals to a bank worker who faced attempted murder and was wounded as the victim of a botched highway robbery attempt; before serving and surviving the Western Front,
Estimate: $600 - $800
WWI/WWII ANZAC trio & pair; medallion; insignia; tags and badges; plus miniatures trio of Malay/Borneo medals to a Gallipoli sharpshooter (also see following lot),
Estimate: $900 - $1,500
Medals and miniatures to one of the distinguished MacKenzie family of Walter Peak Station Queenstown: WWI Trio with Colonial Aux. Forces Decoration and LS medal; NZ LES and Territorials medals plus Jubilee medal and RSA badges to Peter - one of three brothers who served,
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,800
Rare Shooting Match Trophy sterling silver pocket flask by William Augustine Shanly (NZ silversmith) to the short lived Napier Engineer Volunteers inaugural meeting prize winner,
Estimate: $240 - $500
10 Various WW1 NZEF Reinforcements Badges
10 Various WW1 NZEF Reinforcements Badges,
WWI trio to Sgt. W.J. Smith and three WWII medals on card attributed to ‘625911 Capt W.J. Smith WWII ‘,
Estimate: $360 - $450
Two NZ engraved WWII brass shell case vases,
A desirable New Zealand WWI 15ct gold patriotic medallion to Alfred Leaman a farmhand from South Canterbury. 14.6gms. (see previous lot),
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
WWI British War Medal: Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque and Scroll along with NZEF Cert of Service and an Armistice Ribbon to a machine-gunner on the Western Front who was wounded three times - eventually succumbing,
Estimate: $380 - $650
Scarce single issue British War Medal to WWI 20/24 NZEF Trpr. Herbert Humphrey Sheldon Mounted Infantry with the Samoan Relief Force,
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
WWI Military Cross (from Ypres - the First Battle of Passchendaele) and service medals to Richard Selwyn Halliwell who originally served in the Samoan EF; the NZEF Otago Infantry Bn. and subsequently WWII NZSC,
Estimate: $1,900 - $3,000
Scarce New Zealand Division / British Expeditionary Force bronze medallion by Spink London to a Signaller who died on the Western Front,
Estimate: $200 - $400
Two NZ engraved WWII brass 'trench art' gongs,
Two NZ engraved WWII brass shell case vases,
Two NZ engraved WWII brass 'trench art' gongs,
A rare 1913 Wharf Strike 'Massey's Cossacks' Foot Specials medal and WWI Trio to a NZ Rifle Brigade Sergeant,
Estimate: $550 - $800
Four NZ engraved WWII brass shell case vases,
Four NZ engraved WWII brass shell case items,
Two NZ engraved WWII brass 'trench art' gongs,
