Medal, Victory

Description
A Victory Medal. The yellow bronze medal features a standing Victory figure on the obverse. 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. " "24/1401 RFLM P.W. JAMES N.Z.E.F."" is inscribed on the edge. The ribbon is a double rainbow colour with crimson on the edges and red in the centre. It is mounted as part of a group of three
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Subject person
Classification
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Credit line
Percy James enlisted in RahotÅ«, Taranaki and embarked with F Company of the 2nd Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade on 13 November 1915. See the Auckland War Memorial Museum cenotaph database: http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/46870.detail?Ordinal=2&c_surname_search=james&c_firstname_search=percy+william 
Accession number
A59.316
Collection type
Social History
Material
Silk
Fabric
Bronze
Metal

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