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medal, campaign

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human history
  • Other Name

    British War Medal 1914-1920, WW1 (descriptive name)

    6/1228 Pte Eric Leslie Desmond Lees, New Zealand Provost Corps, NZEF (associated name)

  • Description

    British War Medal 1914-20, WW1

    Awarded to 6/1228 Pte Eric Leslie Desmond Lees, NZ Provost Corps, NZEF.

    circular silver medal; plain, straight non-swivelling suspender; with ribbon

    obverse: coinage head of King George V with the legend GEORGIUS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:

    reverse: naked figure of St. George on horseback facing right. The horse is 6/1228 Pte Eric Leslie Desmond Lees, New Zealand Provost Corps, NZEF trampling on an eagle shield and cross bones symbolic of death; above the horse’s head is the sun, symbolic of victory. Around the edge are the dates, 1914 and 1918

    ribbon: broad orange watered band down the centre, bordered with white, black and blue stripes.

    named on edged: 6/1228 / PTE. E.L.D. LEES. / N.Z.E.F.

  • Place
    England
  • Accession Number
    1958.78
  • Accession Date
    07 Feb 1958
  • Other Id

    N1267.2 (numismatics)

    W1278.2 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

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Images and documents

Images

  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1958.78, N1267.2, W1278.2, Photographed by Dani Lucas (Auckland City), digital, 07 Nov 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY

Artefact

  • Display location

    Pou Maumahara drawer bank 1, drawer E, medal position 37

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1267.2, W1278.2
  • Primary Maker

     William McMillan (Medallist)

  • Place
    England
  • Date
    [1919]
  • Associated Notes

    British War Medal 1914-20, WW1

    Medal awarded to 11/1228A Pte Eric Leslie Desmond Lees, New Zealand Provost Corps, NZEF.

    Lees, ELD 11/1228A; prev. 6/1228; MSM Corporal, NZ Provost Corps; LG June 1919, p 6919 (ref engagements in France & Flanders); Medaille d'Honneur avec glaives en Bronze : Cpl NZ Provost Corps, LG 1 June 1920 p6034.

    6/1128 Private Eric Leslie Desmond Lees, Canterbury Infantry Battalion.

    Eric Lees embarked with the Main Body NZEF on 16 October 1914 as a Private (service number 6/1128) with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. In [1919] he was transferred as a Corporal into the NZ Provost Corps (service number 11-1228A) and in this role was awarded the Military Service Medal for services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders (LG 3 June 1919, p6919), and the Medaille d'Honneur avec glaives en Bronze for “distinguished service during the course of the campaign” (LG 1 June 1920 p6034).

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     Bimbashi (Major) Eric Leslie Desmond Lees

     1NZEF: New Zealand Provost Corps

  • Associated Date
    1914-1920
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

    George V (1910 - 1936)/House of Windsor/English reign

  • Signature/marks

    6/1228 / PTE. E.L.D. LEES. / N.Z.E.F. (recipient's name)

    W McM (medallist's name)

  • Media

    sterling silver/silver alloy/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material

    grosgrain ribbon/ribbon

  • Measurement Description
    medal: 36mm diameter ribbon: 32mm wide
  • Measurement Reading

    36mm (medal)

    32mm ( ribbon)

  • Classification

    medal, campaign

    medal, campaign

    medal

    Medal, Campaign

    Insignia

    Status Symbols

    Personal Symbols

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Media/Materials Notes

    medal

    ribbon

  • Last Update
    19 Mar 2024
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