Return & Departure Gold Fobs
Lot 944 Day 1 Return & Departure Gold Fobs
Estimate $600
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MATAURA, fob medal, NZEF, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.70g, 33x31.5mm), by Hamilton (G.C.Hamilton, Gore), ring top suspension, obverse centre inscribed 'Pro/Patria', reverse inscribed 'Pres. To/Pvt.J.W.Shanks/81335/From/Mataura Residents/On His Return From Great War/1914-19'.Very fine.
81335 Pte John Wilson Shanks, 41st Reinforcements E Company, NZEF, embarked from New Zealand 27 July 1918. Died 23 August 1963 at Auckland and buried at Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland.
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