Medal, Victory

Description
A Victory Medal. The obverse features a standing Victory figure. The figure is holding a palm branch in her left facing hand and extending her right facing arm. " THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914-1919 " is marked on the reverse inside a leaf design." 23/88 PTE J. BURR N.Z.E.F. " is inscribed on the edge. The ribbon is missing and the metal's surface is badly scratched.
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James Burr was the son of Mr and Mrs Herman (Harry) Burr, of Tarata, Inglewood. He served as a rifleman with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during World War I and died of wounds in France on 16 September 1916.
James' birth name was Alti Rudolph, and his parents Otto Herman Burr and Bertha Noffke were from Germany.
Accession number
A81.875
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