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Medal, commemorative   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Medal, commemorative
Object type Embarkation/wars; exhibitions
Classification: 68489
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English: Commemorative medallion- Treaty of Waitangi 1840; souvenir of Centennial exhibition, Wellington, 1940; visited by many NZ soldiers prior to embarkation WW2; belonged to 25577 Gnr EA (Ted) Frost, 2NZEF, WW2 metal pin badge; circular metal badge; meeting house at centre inside fern frond wreath; with scrolls above bearing words TREATY - OF WAITANGI; date 1840 below house; verso-
Date George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 05 Sep 2007; 1940; 07 Aug 2007; World War 2-wars
Dimensions notes: h x w: 50mm x 29mm (including pin)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2007.78.32
Place of creation New Zealand; Wellington
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.78.32
Notes Treaty of Waitangi 1840; souvenir of Centennial exhibition, Wellington, 1940; visited by many NZ soldiers prior to embarkation; belonged to 25577 Gnr EA (Ted) Frost, 2NZEF, WW2 Ted Frost grew up on a Waikato farm. He enlisted for service in 1940 joining the 7th NZ Anti-tank regiment. He served in Greece (was in one of the last groups to get off Greece), North Africa (wounded at Sidi Rezegh) and Italy. On his discharge from the army Ted bought a dairy farm at Te Hoe in the Waikato. He met and married his wife Honour Marshdale in 1946. The collection includes personal gear - including a knitted skull cap made by Ted or by one of his mates, sewing kits, souvenir cloths, and souvenir badges, together with a selection of photographs and papers documenting Ted's war service and rehabilitation.
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