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.
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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