THE LAURIE OSBORNE ESTATE MEDAL COLLECTION
Monday, 25 May - Monday, 8 June 2026
Five WW1 anti-German propaganda medals that exploited the German Army's excesses committed in Belgian and French towns and cities. Variously bearing legends including 'FOR KULTUR' a scornful pun on 'the Kaiser's claim to be spreading culture'. They were sold to raise funds for the War effort.
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Five WW1 anti-German propaganda medals that exploited the German Army's excesses committed in Belgian and French towns and cities. Variously bearing legends including 'FOR KULTUR' is a scornful pun on 'the Kaiser's claim to be spreading culture'. They were sold to raise funds for the War effort.
Estimate: $200 - $400
Five WW1 anti-German propaganda medals that exploited the German Army's excesses committed in Belgian and French towns and cities. Variously bearing legends including 'FOR KULTUR' is a scornful pun on 'the Kaiser's claim to be spreading culture'. They were sold to raise funds for the War effort.
Estimate: $200 - $400
Two WW1 anti-German propaganda 'Iron Crosses' one large and one 'For Swank',
Estimate: $100 - $200
2 x 1908 U.S. NAVAL FLEET SOUVENIR, 5 x FRENCH SOUVENIR BADGES, 2 x PATRIOTIC MEDALS + 2 x 30th REINF
WW1 bronze medallion Heroes of Verdun by Charles Pillet,
WW1 ANZAC Trio; plaque and medallion to soldier who survived Gallipoli to be killed at the Somme. With a heartbreaking letter to his parents,
Estimate: $900 - $1,600
8 VARIOUS CAP/COLLAR BADGES + 2 CROWN CAP BADGES (10/67 SECURITY GUARDS) + VARIOUS SHOULDER PIPS
WW1 ANZAC Trio and WW2 Pair to soldier who volunteered a week after war was announced; but later declared (regarding Churchill) “… the whole adventure is a betrayal”,
Estimate: $550 - $1,000
Four pieces of the Army Memorial Museum ephemera,
10 VARIOUS NZEF RIFLES, SIGNAL, ARTY & ASC CAP/COLLAR BADGES
15 VARIOUS NZ CAP/COLLAR BADGES, TITLE ETC
10 VARIOUS NZEF RIFLES, SIGNALER (lemon squeezer mount), ARTY & ASC, W.O.1 CAP/COLLAR BADGES
VARIOUS RETURNED SOLDIERS/SERVICES BADGES & NUMBER TAGS
15 VARIOUS NZ CAP/COLLAR BADGES, PINS ETC
15 VARIOUS NZ CAP/COLLAR BADGES, PINS ETC
Three woollen military berets,
Two NZ engraved WWII brass 'trench art' gongs,
Scarce New Zealand Division British Expeditionary Force bronze medallion by Spink London to a Signaller who died on the Western Front,
Estimate: $200 - $400
ASSORTED MILITARY BUTTONS
11 VARIOUS NZ CAP/COLLAR BADGES INCL ASC, DRUMMER, SIGNALS, ARTY, MEDICAL, ETC
