Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 10, drawer B, medal position 13
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2016.26.1
Gift of the Marshall family
Place
Date
[1918]
Associated Notes
The Military Medal, WW1
Awarded to 7/1866 Corporal George Leonard Marshall, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1NZEF
The Military Medal (MM) was instituted in 1916 during the First World War. It was awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks of the Army for acts of bravery for which the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) was not considered appropriate.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Associated Person
Associated Place
Period
Media
Measurement Description
medal: 56mm x 36mm (h x diam)
ribbon width: 32mm
Measurement Reading
Classification
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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