Auction Catalogue

26 March 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 471

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26 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£230

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Crispe Cottrell, New Zealand Garrison Artillery

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st type (Major A. C. Cottrell, Commdr. Coast Defence (Westport) (1916)); New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal, 2nd type (Lieut-Col. A. C. Cottrell, N.Z.G.A. (1920)) good very fine and better (2) £240-280

Anthony Crispe Cottrell practiced Law in Westport and Reefton before moving to Christchurch in 1926. During the Great War he commanded the coastal defences at Westport on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Cottrell family still practice Law in Christchurch today.