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| Artist |
William McMillan |
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| Title |
Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Classification: 278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Victory Medal 1914-19, WW1 Awarded to 25-1840 Rifleman Frank Silk Whitaker, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, NZEF. circular bronze medal with ribbon; fixed loop and ring suspension obverse- the winged, full-length figure of Victory, with her arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand reverse- inscription- ‘THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION, 1914-1919’ surrounded by a wreath ribbon- watered colours of red, yellow, green, blue and violet merging into a rainbow pattern named on edge- 25-1840 RFLM. F.S. WHITAKER. N.Z.E.F. |
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| Date | World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 1914-1919; George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; 1971; (1919) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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diameter: 36mm |
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1971.560 |
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| Place of creation | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 2A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1479 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Victory Medal 1914-19, WW1 Awarded to 25-1840 Rifleman Frank Silk Whitaker, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, NZEF. Frank Silk Whitaker, married man of Auckland served on the Western Front and lost his life at Passchendaele. He left a ten year old son and a baby daughter he had never met. His memory is held in a small collection of embroidered postcards sent to his son. A letter to his widow described where Frank was initially buried. However, he is now listed among those with no known grave at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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