Epaulets
Description
A pair of epaulets made of gold braid. They are backed with black wool and have a black twill tape fastening with a gold grommet for attaching to a coat. One of the epaulets has three silver diamond-shaped pins across it denoting rank and the other epaulet is missing the pins.
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Subject person
Classification
Credit line
These
epaulets
belonged
to
Major
Robert
Saxton
Matthews,
an
Inglewood
resident
who
was
prominent
in
the
military,
serving
in
the
Hawera
Mounted
Rifles,
the
South
African
War,
the
New
Zealand
Staff
Corps
and
as
an
Assistant
Quartermaster
General.
He
retired
in
the
1920s
and
when
he
died
in
1931
a
Taranaki
Herald
obituary
noted
that
"his
kindly,
courteous,
and
interesting
personality
will
be
greatly
missed
from
this
district
where
he
has
been
held
for
many
years
in
the
very
highest
esteem."
Accession number
PA2004.049
Collection type
Material
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