Orders, Decorations and Medals

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd type (C. E. Mains. Late 2/Lt. N.Z.E.F.) good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Extensive Collection of Medals for Long and Meritorious Service.

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C. E. Mains attested on 22 August 1914. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the New Zealand Field Artillery on 10 July 1918 and struck off the strength on 9 November 1919. In Some Records of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, by Studholme, he is listed as being awarded the Military Medal - this not confirmed nor found in the London Gazettes.

In addition to the Military Medal (?) and New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, Mains was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals; War and New Zealand War Service Medals 1939-45, and the New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal. The New Zealand Territorial Service Medal and New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal were both announced by the Memo 2/7898 of 6 June 1922. With some copied research.