THE LAURIE OSBORNE ESTATE MEDAL COLLECTION
Monday, 25 May - Monday, 8 June 2026
Two NZ engraved WWII brass 'trench art' gongs,
Realised: $50 plus premium
Lot Details
the largest centred with a Royal Army Medical Corps ‘In Arduis Fidelis’ armorial, engraved ‘Prvt W. Perry 31945, 2nd N.Z. Gen. Hospital, Helouan, Egypt 1940’, the other with crown over fern leaf ‘NZ Onward’ cartouche, further decorated with Egyptian scenes and dated 1942, later engraved ‘J Dorset’. Largest Dia.290mm.
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