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medal, long service

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (VR) 1902 (descriptive name)

    Lieut. William Smith, Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers (associated name)

  • Description

    Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (VR)

    Medal awarded to Lieut. William Smith, Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers, 1902

    circular silver medal; straight swivelling suspension bar; with ribbon

    obverse: bust of crowned Queen Victoria facing left; legend around: VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX

    reverse: laurel branches and intertwined scrolls with words: FOR / LONG SERVICE / IN THE VOLUNTEER / FORCES

    ribbon: dark green

    named on edge: WILLIAM SMITH, LATE LIEUT AUCKLAND NAVAL ARTY VOLS (1902)

    markings:

    obverse: maker's initials below bust: DE S.

  • Place
    [England]
  • Accession Number
    1936.278
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    N1368 (numismatics)

    W0842.1 (war)

    N1653 (numismatics)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

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  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, long service, 1936.278, N1368, W0842.1, N1653, Photographed by Dani Lucas , digital, 25 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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