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medal, campaign

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    The Pacific Star, WW2 (descriptive name)

    Oscar Weldon Carter, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. (associated name)

  • Description

    Pacific Star, WW2

    Awarded to Oscar Weldon Carter, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, WW2

    bronze medal; six-pointed star; ring suspension; with ribbon

    obverse: at centre the Royal cypher GRI with VI below; cypher surmounted by a crown superimposed on a circlet which bears the title of the star THE PACIFIC STAR

    reverse: plain

    ribbon: dark green with red edges with yellow stripe, and thin stripes of dark blue and light blue (ribbon designed by King George VI : green and yellow symbolise the forests and beaches; the dark blue represents the Navy, the red the Army and the light blue the Air Force)

    unnamed

  • Place
    England
  • Associated Place

    Pacific

  • Accession Number
    1978.79
  • Accession Date
    1978
  • Other Id

    N1586 (numismatics)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

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  • medal, campaign, 1978.79, N1586, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 04 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1978.79, N1586, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 04 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1978.79, N1586, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 04 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1978.79, N1586, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 04 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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