World War, 1914-1918 - Medals

Date: 1916

From: Various makers :World War I, Gallipoli and French war medals from the estate of J. G. Young, C. B. E., Director-General of the New Zealand Post Office, 1939-1945.

Reference: Curios-024-b-016-20

Description: A circular silver medal with a ring in the top. The obverse shows La Marianne, the symbol of France with helmet and sword and the words On ne passe pas [they shall not pass]. The reverse shows the gates of Verdun as a mediaeval castle, the word Verdun above and the date below Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver, 26 mm diameter

Date: [1914?-1918?]

From: Land, Mona Winifred Sarah, 1895-1971: Emergency passport and nurse's pip

Reference: Objects-0955

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Nurse's pip badge identified as belonging to Mona Land from when she was a nurse in London during World War One. The motto reads `Tria juncta in uno' (three joined in one - motto of the Order of the Bath), usually used to rank an officer's position. Address 'Dresdner Bank Depositen-Kasse E Weisser Hirsch bei Dresden Loschwitzer Str.21' printed on bag. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s) Pip housed in original jeweller's case enclosed in drawstring bag.. Physical Description: Red, green and gold enamel diamond shaped pip, 15 x 15 mm, in a black jewellery box, 55 x 55 x 24 mm, in yellow cloth drawstring bag, 98 x 78 mm. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-051-008. Previous title: Nurse's pip - Order of the Bath.

Date: 1915

From: Various makers :World War I, Gallipoli and French war medals from the estate of J. G. Young, C. B. E., Director-General of the New Zealand Post Office, 1939-1945.

Reference: Curios-024-b-016-01

Description: A circular medal, surmounted by a crown, showing a wounded soldier being carried on a donkey on the obverse, the date 1915 and the word ANZAC beneath; on the reverse a map of Australia and New Zealand with the Southern Cross constellation. The recipient's name, J. G. Young, is etched below. Accompanied by a printed citation addressed to 4/1071 J. G. Young from the Minister of Defence presenting the Gallopoli Medal and the Gallipoli lapel badge,'in sincere appreciation of loyal service rendered in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915' The lapel badge, also with an accompanying letter, is located at Curios-024-b-016-06 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Copper, circular, 70 x 50 x 5 mm

Date: 3 March 1996 - 03 Mar 1996

From: Netball New Zealand Inc oral history project Stage II

By: Jamison, Taini Maremare, 1928-

Reference: OHInt-0517/2

Description: Taini Maremare Jamison born Rotorua. Outlines family background - father worked for Maori Land Court and was away a lot surveying. Mentions father's involvement in World War I and with 28th Maori Battalion, B-Company during World War II. Recalls childhood: living in Grey Street and walking to Waka school; chores; move to Ruatoki near Taneatua; Maori language; childhood games and involvement with sport. Mentions headmaster, Mr McCoughan. Describes impact of World War II and recalls headmaster reading list of ex pupils who were killed. Recalls joining Ngati Poneke Club and visit of Gracie Fields and husband. Describes time at Wellington Teachers Training College, involvement in Opera with Maori club and Philip Smithell Dance group. Mentions 1947 Polio scare. Explains organisation of club level netball in Rotorua and formation of Rotorua Basketball Association in 1930s. Explains difference between indoor and outdoor basketball, changes in international rules and benefits of rule changes for games between Australia and New Zealand. Also mentions international uniform changes. Explains travel arrangements for national tours, funded mostly by players and fund raising. Explains introduction of Equalisation Fund. Discusses coaching responsibilities and details selection criteria for representative teams. Explains decision to stop playing in 1959, teaching at Malfroy Primary School until retirement. Other players mentioned include: Lois Muir; June Mariu, Jean Lodge; Kathy Vercoe, Edie Vercoe and Gilly Vercoe. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Matthew Packer Interviewer(s) - Marie E Burgess Accompanying material - copy of printed abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006634-006636; OHLC-002407-002409 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1921. Photocopies of two photographs: (i) Taini Jamison and (ii) Taini dressed in blazer showing badge, New Zealand Basketball 1969.

Date: 1914-1918

From: Gearry, Edward John, 1887-1957 : Collection

By: Gearry, Edward John, 1887-1957

Reference: Series-6899

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Series comprises: -Two red fibre identificatin tags, bearing the soldier's name and number 68705, and religious affiliation C E (Church of England). One also bears the letters B N and NZRB (New Zealand Rifle Brigade). - One Silver War Badge, an NZRB badge bearing the motto 'Soyes ferme'. - One metal hat badge in the shape of the number 33. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal, shell, enamel and fibre tags and badges, sizes and shapes vary, approximately 45 x 40 x 10mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00800, 29 November 2022. Previous reference: Curios-046-007/010. Previous title: Various makers :[War medal, badges and dog tags belonging to Edward John Gearry (Otago Infantry Regt D Coy). 1914-1919].

Date: 1918-1919

From: Gearry, Edward John, 1887-1957 : Collection

Reference: Objects-0912

Description: Maker(s) not known. Silver badge with the words 'For King and Empire' and 'Services rendered' around the rim, and a voided cipher and crown of King George V in the centre The Silver War Badge was issued to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness during World War I. The sterling silver lapel badge was intended to be worn on civilian clothes only, at the right breast. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Silver badge, diameter 32 mm, with metal clasp Processing information: Description edited as part of the Objects survey, April 2023. Previous reference: Curios-046-009. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Silver war badge belonging to Edward John Gearry (Otago Infantry Regt D Coy). 1918-1919].

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: Gearry, Edward John, 1887-1957 : Collection

Reference: Objects-0913

Description: Small metal hat or lapel decoration (no clasp), shaped as the number 33 Origin of this badge is not certain; Gearry enlisted with the 34th Reinforcements Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Cut metal, 15 x 24 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of the Objects survey, April 2023. Previous reference: Curios-046-010. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Metal badge in the shape of the number 33, belonging to Edward John Gearry (Otago Infantry Regt D Coy). 1914-1919].

Date: 1914 - 1954

By: Powles, Charles Guy, 1872-1951; Powles, Guy Richardson (Sir), 1905-1994

Reference: Curios-029-053

Description: Medals include: The Order of the Nile, awarded to Charles Guy Powles after World War I; Insignia of the Knight Commander of the Order; two Insignia of the Third Class of the Order, one the Companion of the order of St Michael and St George awarded to Lt Col Charles Guy Powles, Sept 18 1918; a Queen's Silver Jubilee medal, 1952-1977; a New Zealand 1990 commemoration medal; a Western Samoa Order of Tiafau medal; Masonic Lodge medals to Guy Richardson Powles, 1951 (Lodge Calliope no.252); a row of full-sized medals and its row of corresponding miniatures, plus two extras belonging to Guy Richardson Powles; and various single ribboned medals, buttons and badges Quantity: 100 curio(s) approximately, comprising boxed medals, ribboned medals, badges, pins and buttons. Physical Description: Gold, silver, bronze and ribbon memorabilia, sizes and shapes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9351.

Date: 1914 - 2014 - 1918

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-2014-01/06

Description: Six bookmarks each with a portrait and biographical information about each of the following VC winners: 01. Lieut General Bernard Cyril Freyberg (1889-1963) 02. Sgt James Crichton (1879-1961) 03. Sgt Reginald Stanley Judson (1881-1972) 04. Corporal Leslie Wilton Andrew (1897-1969) 05. Corporal Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett (1892-1983) 06. Lance Corporal Samuel Frickleton (1891-1971) Other Titles - Victoria Cross; World War One Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on laminated bookmarks, each 203 x 47 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the publisher in 2014.

By: J R Gaunt & Son Ltd; Paget, Thomas Humphrey, 1893-1974; Metcalfe, Percy, 1895-1970; Preston, Edward Carter, 1885-1965; Walsh, Gary, active 2012

Reference: Objects-0895

Description: Various medal artist(s) and maker(s): J R (John Richard) Gaunt, maker of the South Canterbury Regiment collar badge. ECRP (Edward Carter Preston) attributed artist of lion and two-headed dragon. Humphrey Paget attributed artist of some medals featuring profiles of George VI. Percy Metcalf attributed artist of medal with profile of George VI wearing a crown Eight Medals and five ribbons, covering the World Wars I and II. Includes : three bronze ribboned medals, being the 1939-1945 Star, the Italy Star, and the Africa Star; a round, silver medal 'For service to New Zealand, 1939-1945', with a silver fern (no ribbon); a round silver medal '1939-1945 The Defence Medal', showing two lions and a crown (no ribbon); a round, silver medal depicting a lion defeating a two-headed dragon, with the years 1939-1945 (ribboned); a gold-plated round medal, on the back 'The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919' (ribboned, and inscribed on the rim '41557 Pte G H Hudson N Z E F); and a collar badge from the Second (South Canterbury) Regiment of the New Zealand Infantry (WWI, cross-shaped with a kiwi). Maker of the South Canterbury Regiment collar badge was J R (John Richard) Gaunt; designer of the lion and two-headed dragon was ECRP (Edward Carter Preston); the initials HP beneath the profiles of George VI on some of the medals stand for Humphrey Paget; those of PM stand for Percy Metcalf (Profile of George VI wearing a crown) The WWII medals possibly belonged to Patrick Raymond Collins and Eric Thomas Walsh (donor's uncles). The WWI medal possibly belonged to Lorenza [Lorenzo?] Noel Ernest Walsh (known as Ernest) (information from donor) Quantity: 8 curio(s). Physical Description: Wooden box, 83 x 140 x 47 mm Silver and bronze war service medals, some with ribbons, and one metal collar pin; sizes and shapes vary, largest 160 x 40 x 50mm (inc ribbon, irregular). Transfers: Other items from the donation housed in the Ephemera collection at Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Walsh. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-044-001/008. Previous title: Various artists :[Various war service medals, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945].

Date: 1925 - 1930

By: Old Contemptibles Association; New Zealand Returned Services Association

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WI-1925-01

Description: Certificate shows a wreathed sword and a medal at the left, and a column draped in a Union Jack at the right. Private Tommy Atkins is a slang name for a common soldier in the British Army, particularly during the First World War. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print mounted on card, 252 x 382 mm. Provenance: Previously presented to the N.Z.R.S.A. by Wellington Branch O.C.A. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - - Other material of the same provenance housed in Drawings Paintings and Prints, and Photographic Archive..

Date: 1916-1945

By: Marryatt, Rosemary Grace, 1940-

Reference: ATL-Group-00637

Description: Collection of circa 400 letters (written about every third day) and photographs from Dr James Roberts Boyd to Staff Nurse Hilda Lizzette Grubb, nee Faber, RN while he was serving in Egypt and Greece in World War Two, December 1940 to April 1945. Boyd addresses Hilda as 'Selina' in some letters. Also letters addressed to Mrs Faber, mother of Hilda. Letters include anecdotes relating to his war work, involvement with key army and medical personnel, and photographs of people - doctors, nurses, army personnel - he worked with, and scenes such as his hut garden. Also includes biographical research about Boyd and partial transcriptions of selected letters, compiled and transcribed by Rosemary Grace Marryatt. Includes pages with the original photographs sent by Dr Boyd, with their inscriptions transcribed from verso. Also includes photographic images of Boyd's World War One and World War Two medals (taken by donor before returning them to his family), and of the initialled leather case (JRB) in which Hilda Grubb originally kept the letters and photographs. Title supplied by Library. Hilda Lizzette Grubb, nee Faber, was a nurse in James Roberts Boyd's private medical practice in Wellington before World War Two. They later both served at No 1 General Hospital in Egypt and maintained a lifelong friendship. Quantity: 12 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, and photographic prints. Provenance: Donor is niece of Mrs Hilda Lizzette Grubb, nee Faber, (1905-1992). The letters and photographs were given to donor by the executor of Hilda's estate.

Date: 1914 - 1919

Reference: Curios-029-041

Description: Includes the British War Medal 1914-1920; the Victory medal 1914-1919, and an aluminium dogtag with Private Newsome's number (40354). Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze, brass and aluminium [?] circular medals (diameters around 37 mm), two with ribbons attached. Provenance: Purchased at Bloomsbury auction, London, in June 2005. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1430. - Related material at MS-Group-1430 and at PAColl-8682..

Date: [1917?]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: Objects-0441

Description: Artist not identified. A large medallion known as a soldier's penny. Bas relief shows Britannia standing at the left, holding a trident at her right shoulder, and holding a wreath in her extended left arm. A lion stands beside of her in the foreground. There are two dolphins leaping at the left and top centre, and a lion fights an eagle at the bottom. The name of the dead man is inscribed in a box at the right. Text on the medallion reads "He died for freedom and honour". Title supplied by Library. James Danger, also known as Hemi Te Miha, is a nephew of Kaihau Te Whaiti and Mrs Eria Te Whaiti. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze-coloured metal disc, diameter 122 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, August 2022. Previous title: Artist unknown :He died for freedom and honour. James Danger. [Circular metal plaque. 1917?]. Previous reference: Curios-024-A-014. Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022.

Date: [ca 1919], [1923-1938]

By: Beauchamp, Harold (Sir), 1858-1938

Reference: fMS-Papers-2194

Description: Memorial reads: `I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War, George R.I.'. Certificate enrolling Sir Harold Beauchamp as a member of the Association of Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. Also press cuttings concerning Garter Knights Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1918 - 1920

By: Juriss, Hector Colville Gordon, 1907-1993

Reference: Curios-004-028

Description: Silver badge with the words "For King and empire" and "Services rendered" around the rim, and a voided cipher and crown of King George V in the centre. The badge was issued to soldiers of the British Empire who had served since 4 August 1914, and to officers who had retired or relinquished their commissions. It was also issued to other ranks who had been wounded or ill, making them unfit for further service. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver badge, diameter 34 mm, with horizontal clasp. Provenance: Material collected Mr Maximilian Juriss during the First World War.

By: McLeod, I M (Mrs), active 1975; McLeod, John Duncan, 1887-1942

Reference: Curios-024-b-005

Description: 1. Silver medal on a bar, George V on obverse, a man on horseback and 1914-1918 on reverse. 2. Copper star-shaped medal with a ring, a crown, crossed swords inside a wreath and 1914-15 in centre, with CV below. 3. Gold medal with The great war for civilisation, 1914-1919 on the obverse, a winged figure on the reverse. 4. Metal identification disc, octagonal, with 1813 MCLEOD JD 49 BN on one side. 5. Tin identification disc with 1813 J.D.McLeod 49 BN 3 BGE A.L.F. C.E. on one side. 6. 3 ribbons to accompany medals. 7. Box lids from medals, labelled Pte J D McLeod and T/Sgt J. D. McLeod, along with an envelope addressed to Mr McLeod at Enfield, New South Wales Quantity: 5 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal objects, silver, gold, base metal, sizes vary; ribbons to accompany medals Transfers: Diary of J. D. McLeod, 1915-1917, Gallipoli and Western Front.

Date: 1914 - 1920

By: Juriss, Maximilian, 1878-1960; Juriss, Hector Colville Gordon, 1907-1993

Reference: Curios-004-036

Description: Medals include: William McMillan designer :The Inter-Allied Victory Medal. 1919. The 1914-1915 Star (Reverse is inscribed: 2 Lieut. M Juriss, 7 London Regiment). 1918 William McMillan designer. The British War Medal; inscribed Georgius V Britt. Omn. Rex et Ind. Imp. (Lieut M Juriss inscribed on rim). 1919. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Three metal medals, each suspended form a bar by coloured ribbon, a different coloured ribbon. Total dimensions 115 x 140 mm, in black leather case, lined with purple satin, 65 x 240 x 30 mm. Provenance: Material collected Mr Maximilian Juriss during the First World War.

Date: 1914 - 1920

By: Juriss, Hector Colville Gordon, 1907-1993

Reference: Curios-004-035

Description: Miniature medals include: Includes (from left): Military O.B.E., The Victory Medal, The British War Medal, The 1914 Star, and the Military Cross. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Five metal medals, each suspended form a bar by coloured ribbon, a different coloured ribbon for each medal. Total dimensions 65 x 85 mm. Provenance: Material collected Mr Maximilian Juriss during the First World War.

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: Various artists :[Military medals and buttons, and three Masonic medals of C. P. Powles]. 1874-1945.

By: Powles, Guy Richardson (Sir), 1905-1994; Powles, Michael John, 1939-

Reference: Curios-029-022-001

Description: Includes another container of metal buttons, badges, bosses, in the shape of fern leaves, crowns, crests or monograms. Buttons show four stars in centre. Dated because of badges of George V. Quantity: 1 container(s). Physical Description: Tin box 114 x 85 x 39 (with detachable lid), containing 14 small and 13 large brass buttons with four stars logo; four metal bosses; five metal crowns; four crests for New Zealand Staff Corps; three bronze ferns with the letters NZ; badges (two of each) in the form of letters: NZCC, NZRR; eight badges in the form of the letters NZ; two badges in the form of letter R; two badges in the form of the letters GvR.