THE LAURIE OSBORNE ESTATE MEDAL COLLECTION
Monday, 25 May - Monday, 8 June 2026
MSM to James Anthony Rodgers (13 Nov 1883 - 6 Aug 1926) - WWI 52650 Saddler 28th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment B-Coy. Western Front,
Realised: $520 plus premium
Lot Details
Lot comprises: GV (uncrowned) Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) to 52650 Pte J.A.Rodgers NZFA. London Gazette 3.6.1919 (1919 King's Birthday Honours (New Zealand) Enlisted 22 Feb 1917. Discharged 28 June 1919 Provenance: Laurie Osborne Collection
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WWI trio to Sgt. W.J. Smith and three WWII medals on card attributed to ‘625911 Capt W.J. Smith WWII ‘,
Estimate: $360 - $450
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
WWI trio to James Lewis Robson (wounded in France) one of three brothers who served in the NZEF,
Estimate: $260 - $400
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
WWI Trio with TSM to a Trooper who had been too young for the Boer War but a member of the Cadets; Wairoa Rifles and Territorials before enlisting at age 22 and fighting in the Sinai-Palestine Campaign,
Estimate: $550 - $1,000
WWI Trio to a soldier seriously wounded on the Western Front who served again in WWII,
Estimate: $260 - $400
WWI ANZAC Trio and WWII Pair to soldier who volunteered a week after war was announced; but after Gallipoli wrote (regarding Churchill) ‘… the whole adventure is a betrayal’,
Estimate: $550 - $1,000
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
WWI Trio to an Otago Sapper who landed at Gallipoli and was subsequently re-engaged there; but whose ongoing record of repeated sickness and hospitalisation reflected the horrendous conditions at Anzac,
Estimate: $300 - $500
WWI/2 group with TSM to Thomas Joseph Banks (19 Feb 1895 - 25 Mar 1970) WWI 2/2357 Gnr. NZ Field Artillery 8th Reinforcements. Egypt; EEF and Western Front. WWII 3/19/239,
Estimate: $480 - $900
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
QSA with 1 clasp and WWI trio to New Zealand Veterinary Corps Trooper Edward May,
Estimate: $550 - $900
WWI medals with ID tag and Memorial Plaque to Rifleman William Green who was killed in action at Messines,
Estimate: $360 - $600
QSA with 5 clasps and WWI trio to Scottish born J.R. Henderson as part of the Scottish 75th (Sharpshooters) 18th Bn/Rhodesia Field Force - arrived in Beira South Africa on 4th May 1900. Thence to NZ,
Estimate: $750 - $1,250
Military Medal and WWI Trio to Percy Robinson Hadley (20 Apr 1887 - 3 Aug 1964) WWI 2/1977 NZEF Gnr. NZ Field Artillery 6th Reinforcements. Egypt; EEF and Western Front,
Estimate: $750 - $1,250
WWI ANZAC Trio to Volunteer who enlisted 2 weeks after war declared and served at Gallipoli and the Western Front,
Estimate: $500 - $900
Scarce New Zealand Division / British Expeditionary Force bronze medallion by Spink London to a Signaller who died on the Western Front,
Estimate: $200 - $400
WWI ANZAC Trio to N.C.O Medic who saw duty in Gallipoli; Flanders and France and was MiD by Haig,
Estimate: $400 - $600
A rare 1913 Wharf Strike 'Massey's Cossacks' Foot Specials medal and WWI Trio to a NZ Rifle Brigade Sergeant,
Estimate: $550 - $800
WWI trio to ANZAC Charles Claude Craig 12/71 NZEF Sergt. Auck Infty Bn. Main Body. Egypt and Gallipoli (wounded),
Estimate: $260 - $400
