Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria
Lot 3687 Session 15 (7.30pm Thursday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria
Estimate $150
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SOLD $290
AUSTRALIA, WWI, tribute fob, in gold (9ct, 7.94g, 23x43mm), obverse soldier saluting with rifles beside and Rising Sun behind, below 'Duty Bravely Done' and below this an artillery colour patch in enamel within shield with wreath around and at the base a boomerang in enamel and the word 'Returned', reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Sapper E.Drew/by his/Byalla Friends/13.9.19'. Fine.
Ex Australian Coin Auctions No.272 (lot 1132) and B.J.Hibbard Collection.
Byalla is near Narrabri in NSW.
Edward Drew, agricultural student, age 18, born at Neutral Bay, NSW; Enl.18Oct1916 at RAS Ground, Paddington, Sydney, NSW; Emb.11Jun1917; served with 7 FAB; RTA 13Oct1918; Disch.29Oct1918 Medically Unfit.
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