Medallion, H.M.S New Zealand Souvenir
Description
A small bronze medallion featuring a battleship on the obverse. " H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND 1913 " is marked around it." TO CELEBRATE / THE VISIT / OF / NEW ZEALANDS / GIFT / BATTLESHIP / TO THE EMPIRE " is marked on the reverse.
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"In
1909
Prime
Minister
Sir
Joseph
Ward
reacted
to
the
perceived
German
threat
by
announcing
that
New
Zealand
would
fund
the
construction
of
a
battlecruiser
to
be
gifted
to
the
Royal
Navy.
Construction
of
HMS
New
Zealand
cost
£1.7
million
($252
million
in
2010)."
During
the
ship's
10
week
tour
of
New
Zealand
in
1913,
an
estimated
500,000
people
visited
the
battlecruiser.
See
'HMS
New
Zealand
begins
tour
of
NZ',
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/hms-new-zealand-begins-tour-nz (Ministry for Culture and Heritage).
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/hms-new-zealand-begins-tour-nz (Ministry for Culture and Heritage).
Accession number
A65.110
Collection type
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