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Anzac & C.D.C. No 4 Queen fundraising medal, Canterbury Queen Carnival, Christchurch, NZ. 1916, WW1

copper uniface medal with fixed suspension ring

obverse: legend around: ANZAC & C.D.C., at centre a soldier holding a rifle with NO. / 4 on either side of legs, with QUEEN in exergue

Whakahounga o Mua: 31 Jul 2024

Ingoa Kē

Anzac & C.D.C. No 4 Queen fundraising medal, Canterbury, NZ, 1916, WW1 (descriptive name)

Wāhi

England

Wāhi Hāngai

Christchurch, New Zealand

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

nn#16 (no number)

2015.x.99 (temporary accession number)

MA/2 (1916) (Carrington Technical Institute catalogue number)

M272 (New Zealand Commemorative Medals)

Wāhanga

History

War History

Tuhipoka Hāngai

Anzac & C.D.C. No 4 Queen fundraising medal, Canterbury Queen Carnival, 1916, WW1

During the Canterbury Queen Carnival held in 1916, the Queen No 4 was the "Soldiers Queen", Mrs GE Rhodes, nominated by the Anzac (returned soldiers) and the Citizens Defence Committee. Their fundraising medal was sold with a red and white ribbon, the colours of the Soldiers Queen.

medal, fundraising