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medal, campaign

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    The New Zealand War Service Medal, WW2 (descriptive name)

    name of recipient not known (associated name)

  • Description

    New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45, WW2

    Name of recipient not known.

    cupro-nickel medal; fern frond suspender with ribbon

    obverse: uncrowned head of King George VI; legend around: GEORGIUS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F:D: IND: IMP:

    reverse: inscription: FOR SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND 1939/45

    ribbon: black, watered and edged with white stripes

    issued unnamed

    markings: obverse: medallist's initials under neck: HP

    design: obverse: Thomas Humphrey Paget (1893-1974)

    reverse: John Beaglehole and E. Mervyn Taylor

  • Place
    England
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Other Id

    N1918 (numismatics)

    S168 (Spink 1988)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

medal, campaign, N1918, S168, Photographed by Rohan Mills,… … Read more

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  • medal, campaign, N1918, S168, Photographed by Rohan Mills, 26 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, N1918, S168, Photographed by Rohan Mills, 26 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, N1918, S168, Photographed by Rohan Mills, 26 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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