Lot 3718
Sale 108 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2/2515 Bdr. E.W.H.Prebble N.Z.E.F. All medals impressed. Contact marks, fine.
Together with NZ Returned Soldiers lapel badge (KC).
Edward Walter Henry Prebble, clerk, born 14May1896 at Prebbleton, NZ; Enl.23Aug1915; Emb.13Nov1915 with 8th Reinf. NZ F Arty; WIA 17Oct1916 GSW leg, France; invalided to NZ 13Jan1917; Disch.18May1917 Medically Unfit; Died 07Mar1964.
Edward Prebble's ancestors, the Prebble brothers, settled the local district in 1855 and the village of Prebbleton, 11km southwest of Christchurch, is one of the oldest in New Zealand.
- Estimate
- $200
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $420