Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 3, C, medal position 23
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1876
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1919]
Associated Notes
Victory Medal 1914-19, WW1
Medal awarded to 43176 Tpr Richard Harold Gordon, NZEF, WW1
Richard Gordon embarked with 26th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles on 31st May 1917. He was a journalist by trade and had listed his mother, Mrs Lucy Gordon of Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland, as his next-of-kin.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Associated Date
1914-1919
Period
Signature/marks
WMcM (medallist's initials)
THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914- 1919 (medal inscription)
43176 TPR. R.H. GORDON. N.Z.E.F. (recipient's name)
Media
Measurement Description
medal: 36mm diameter ribbon: 37mm wide
Measurement Reading
36mm (medal)
37mm ( ribbon)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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