Pair: Lieutenant Peter McLaurin, East Taieri Rifle Volunteers, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, reverse engraved, ‘Lieut. Peter McLaurin, East Taieri Rifle Vols. 1903’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1894, with top brooch bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Captain P. MacLaurin, 3rd V.B. K.O.S. Bdrs.) impressed naming, with engraved silver brooch bar, nearly extremely fine (2) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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East Taieri is situated near Dunedin, on the South Island of New Zealand.

Note: New Zealand recipients of the Queen Victoria issue of the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, received badges with the ‘V.R.’ cypher rather than the expected ‘V.R.I.’ The V.D. to McLaurin/MacLaurin not listed in The Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, by J. M. A. Tamplin.