Auction Catalogue

21 May 2020

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Lot

№ 363

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£300

Pair: Private J. Metcalfe, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 28 November 1917
British War and Victory Medals (26/410 Pte. J. Metcalfe. N.Z.E.F.), with various insignia and a photograph in a miniature frame, good very fine

Memorial Plaque (Sydney Walter Ernest Freeman), in original card cover, good very fine (3) £100-£140

James Metcalfe, who was from Skipton, Yorkshire, died of wounds on 28 November 1917, while serving with the 3rd Battalion, Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., and was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Sydney Walter Ernest Freeman served in Egypt in 1915-17 and at Gallipoli and died on 14 January 1918, while serving with the Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. He was buried at Wellington (Karori) Cemetery.