Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (A, Begg. 2nd. Waikato Regt.) officially impressed naming; together with bronze ‘King’s Empire Veterans’ cross, named and dated on reverse ‘A. Begg 20.4.15’, mounted on a contemporary silver pin-bar engraved ‘WAIKATO’ and “NEW ZEALAND’, very fine £600-£800

Andrew Begg was born on 14 April 1844. He served in the 8th Company of the 2nd Regiment of Waikato Militia (No. 808). He died on 20 September 1933.

Sold with a photograph of the recipient wearing both medals in 1918, and a contemporary news cutting titled ‘Commonwealth Government Honours Veterans’, dated May 23, 1932, with photograph of ‘Brigadier Heritage chatting with W. Pitt, aged 74, and Andrew Begg, aged 88, following Commonwealth Government’s annual luncheon to veterans on Saturday’. Begg is shown wearing his medals as mounted above.