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Wakelin family :[Hat badge of the Samoa Expeditionary Forces. 1914]
- Date
- 1914
- Reference
- Curios-043-013
- Description
Metal hat badge of the Samoa Expeditionary Forces, showing three palm trees surrounded by a crowned garland of the silver tree fern (ponga) with a listel with the legend EXPEDIT[ionary] FORCES. The badge's pin is missing
A New Zealand expeditionary force arrived off Apia on 29 August 1914 and demanded that Germany surrender the town and territory. The demand was refused but no resistance was offered. The expeditionary force was replaced in March 1915 by the Samoan Relief Force who stayed in Samoa until the end of the war and after. The occupation during World War One took place without any fighting.
Quantity: 1 curio(s).
Physical Description: Metal badge, 45 mm (diam)
Provenance: Purchase: Cordy's Auction House, Auckland, February 2012; Lot 162
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-11236.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 curio(s), Metalwork (Visual works), Badges, Metal badge, 45 mm (diam)
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