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card, souvenir (souvenir) (x2)

human history
  • Other Name

    Souvenir card: Flag Presentation to Parents of Servicemen, NZ 1915, WW1

  • Description

    Flag Presentation to Parents of Servicemen, NZ 1915 (x2)

    F Ferriman collection

    descriptions: printed in red and blue white card; illustration of crossed flags (Union Jack and NZ Blue Ensign) lower left; inscriptions include mottoes and presentation text

    Inscription: motto of Lord Roberts at top: "Pray as if everything depended upon God / Act as if everything rested with yourself"

    inscription below flags: "Strong and yet kind, whist children near him play, But foes who touch the flag will rue the day."

    Presentation text: "Flag Presented to the Parents of… who is serving his King and Country at the Front, Ashburton, New Zealand, 1915.

    Flags to be hoisted on the following Days: King's Birthday June 3rd, Queen's Birthday May 26th, Prince of Wales Birthday June 23rd, Empire Day (Victoria Day) May 24th, and on all other Days of Public Rejoicing. Fly Flags from 8 a.m. to Sunset."

  • Place
    Wellington/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Ashburton/Canterbury/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1931.415
  • Other Id

    W0522.1 (war)

    W0522.2 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

Images and documents

Images

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira,1931.415, W0522.1, W0522.2
  • Collection
    Ferriman Collection, WW1
  • Primary Maker

     Whitcoulls Ltd (Printer)

  • Place
    Wellington/New Zealand
  • Date
    1915
  • Associated Notes

    Souvenir card : Flag Presentation to Parents of Servicemen, Ashburton, New Zealand, 1915 (x2)

    In May 1915 at the Ashburton Queen Carnival Fete in support of the Belgian Relief Fund, approximately one hundred flags were presented by the Minister of Defence, Sir James Allen to the parents of' 'Ashburton County Contingenters' in a ceremony described as 'unique' with no precedent in New Zealand.

    The parents, or other next-of-kin, received a New Zealand Blue Ensign together with a flagpole and a printed souvenir card. The flags were provided by Mr FZD Ferriman, who had come up with the original idea. It was believed that making the event a public ceremony would be a stimulus for recruiting. The paper published a list of those who received flags together with the number of sons who were serving. An advertisement a week later advised that members of the Citizen's Defence Corps would help erect presentation flagpoles.

    Ashburton Guardian, 14 May, 1915, page 2.

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     Mr F Ferriman

     Belgian Fund, WW1

  • Associated Place

    Ashburton/Canterbury/New Zealand

  • Associated Date
    May 1915
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Media

    cardboard/pasteboard/paper (fiber product)

  • Measurement Reading

    150 x 114mm

  • Subject Category

    patriotism/wars

  • Classification

    card, souvenir

    documentary artifact

    Card, Souvenir

    Souvenir

    Memorabilia

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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