This is a Rare Military Cross for Gallipoli to a NZ officer. It is engraved on the back with Lt William Gibson Allen Bishop Gallipoli 1916.
This a genuine MC as can be seen by the photos….His WW1 trio in known and is located in NZ with another collector.
The MC measurements and weight is within the accepted specifications of a period WW1 MC.
Major Gibson was awarded the Military Cross, the Otago Battalion regimental history states: For distinguished service at the Battle of Havringcourt, Gallipoli’. (L.G. 14th January 1916). He was further Mention in Dispatches, (L.G. 28th January 1916