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Documents
Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 9, drawer G, medal position 9
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2014.7.7
Gift of Peter and Sarah Hillary
Collection
Primary Maker
Place
Date
1990
Associated Notes
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
Awarded to Sir Edmund Hillary in 1990.
This medal was awarded as an acknowledgement of the contributions to New Zealand made by Sir Edmund.
the medal features the official New Zealand 1990 logo of the stylised kotuku (white heron)
Associated Event
1990 Sesquicentenary of New Zealand / Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi; 1990
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
1840-1990
Period
Media
Measurement Description
medal diameter: 38.5mm
ribbon width: 32mm
case: 113mm x 113mm
Measurement Reading
88mm (including ribbon/precise)
50mm (including suspension bar/precise)
38.47mm (precise)
3.42mm (precise)
113mm (precise)
113mm (precise)
25.93mm (closed/precise)
109mm (precise)
32mm (precise)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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