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Victory medal

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "'Victory Medal' honours our forebears who fought in the First World War; those who died and those who returned with their lives blighted and shortened by the experience of war. 'Victory Medal' acknowledges all of our heroes.

    Thirty six pairs of feet, the number of a small platoon, stand on a rusted steel 'medal' in four sections, creating a cross formation. The feet are moulded from rough unprocessed New Zealand clay into a 'cohesive fighting unit'. They are torn, distressed and fired under intense heat over a period of three days, and permanently altered and hardened. They are sinewed foot-sloggers' 'feet'.

    One pair of feet is cast in bronze- a 'recognised hero'."--Helen Pollock, WW100.govt.nz website (accessed 21/1/2015)

  • Place
    [Auckland, New Zealand]
  • Other Id

    NB1106.7.P65 POL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    85151 (Cat ID)

    85062 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    pamphlet

  • Name/Title
    Victory medal
  • Primary Maker

    New Zealand Military Historical Society (Contributor)

     Helen Pollock (Artist)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    [Helen Pollock]
  • Place
    [Auckland, New Zealand]
  • Date
    2014?
  • Physical Description

    18 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 x 21 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Pollock, Helen, 1945- --Exhibitions

    Sculpture, New Zealand--21st century--Exhibitions

    War in art

    World War, 1914-1918--Participation, New Zealand--Exhibitions

  • Public Access Text

    Catalogue accompanies "a sculpture installation tour to commemorate the centenary of Wold War One, 2014-2018, New Zealand, France, Belgium."--Cover.

    Touring details: Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne, New Zealand, 25 July - 21 September 2014 ; Toitu Settlers Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1 February - 1 May 2015 ; Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson, New Zealand, 2016 ; Arras, France, 2016 commemorating the NZ Tunnellers at Arras ; Messines, Belgium, 2017 commemorating the Battle of Messines ; Le Quesnoy, France, 2018 onwards to commemorate the liberation of Le Quesnoy by the NZ Division. "In association with the New Zealand Military Historical Society."--Inside back cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 10).

  • Collection Type
    Pamphlet Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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