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badge, fundraising

human history
  • Other Name

    badge commemorating the departure of the 1st Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles for South Africa, Oct. 1899, Anglo Boer War

  • Description

    fundraising badge commemorating the departure of the 1st Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles for South Africa in October 1899

    description: blue/red ink printed on white ribbon; printed: "GOOD LUCK TO OUR CONTINGENT'S COLOURS, with a New Zealand blue ensign flag centrally placed, underneath: "NEW ZEALAND / October 1899"; ribbon slightly frayed at ends

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    2002.29.3
  • Accession Date
    16 Apr 2002
  • Department

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