Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 9, drawer D, medal position 5
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2003.16.2
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1919
Associated Notes
WW1 Miniature medal set: Captain Alec Noel Hawkes Whitcombe, Royal Field Artillery, WW1
ref citation for Military Cross
"This Officer during the operations against POCHA on June 1st and 2nd 1919, was continuously at the forward observation post from which, an exposed position, he directed the fire of all the artillery. He was on duty throughout the operations and was personally responsible for the accuracy and effect of the gunfire.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Battle of Bligny; 06 Oct 1918
Bolshevik Revolution; 1917-1919
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
1914-1919
Period
Signature/marks
SPINK & SONS LD 1718 PICCADILLY LONDON (maker's mark)
Media
Measurement Description
miniature medal set (HXW): 50x80mm
Measurement Reading
50mm
23mm (medal)
17mm (ribbon)
48mm
18mm (medal)
18mm (ribbon)
49mm
17mm
16mm (ribbon)
48mm
22mm (medal)
18mm (ribbon)
Classification
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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