New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Success to 3rd Contingent
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Form:
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Circular. Silver with attached loop. Bronze holed at 12 o'clock
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By:
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Moller & Young |
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Date:
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1900 |
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Ref:
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Morel: 1900/10; Laidlaw: 1102;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 23.5 mm | Silver | | $240 | | 23.5 mm | Bronze | | $210 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Within a beaded border round the rim, veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "M&Y" below. Legend: "FOR QUEEN & COUNTRY".
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Reverse:
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Crossed flag standards, New Zealand (left) British Union (right). Legend within two concentric beaded borders, above: "SUCCESS TO 3RD. CONTINGENT" and below between stops: "1900".
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Notes:
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Third NZ Contingent was recruited from the Canterbury region in the South Island. The contingent of 262 men left Lyttelton on 19 February 1900.
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