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. "24/1067 RFLM. H. HAMILTON. 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.
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Subject person
Classification
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Collection
John Houston Collection
Credit line
Harold Hamilton, of Manutahi in south Taranaki, embarked with the D Company 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade on 9 October 1915. In March 1926 he was found shot on his Manutahi farm and a verdict of accidental death was returned. The medal was donated to Taranaki Museum as part of the collection of prominent south Taranaki lawyer John Houston.
Accession number
A59.342
Collection type
Social History
Material
Bronze
Metal
Silk
Fabric

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