Lot 4350

Description

Auroa, Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 24/582 Rflm. W.B.Shugg. N.Z.E.F. All medals impressed; also, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.5g, 27x27mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Wellington), obverse inscribed 'W.B.S./Volunteered/28.5.15', reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Rfn.W.B.Shugg/for/Services Rendered/To the Empire/Aurora/14-11-19'; another, stock medal in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 29x29mm), obverse inscribed 'N.Z./1919', reverse inscribed 'W.P.P.S./W.B.Shugg/24/582'. Both with ring top suspensions, very fine. (2)

W.P.P.S. (Waimate Plains Patriotic Society).

24/582 Rflm William Brown Shugg, B Company, Advance Party, 2nd NZRB, embarked from New Zealand 18 September 1915.