Australia: First World War: Kitchener Memorial "Honour the Brave"
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock
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By:
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Date:
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1916 |
Ref:
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Carlisle: 1916/11; Laidlaw: 0273;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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23.8 mm | Bronze | 4.7 gm | $8 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Bareheaded bust of Kitchener in uniform, right. Legend on a band above: "HONOUR THE BRAVE" and below between stops: "IN OUR MEMORY HE LIVES".
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Reverse:
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"KITCHENER'S COMMAND (in an arc) / TO US ALL / CARRY ON / SOLDIER & MAN / CLOSED / HIS LIFE / * JUNE 5TH. 1916 * (in an arc)".
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Notes:
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Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850 - 1916) was Chief of Staff in the initial stages of the Boer War and succeeded Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief during the guerrilla phase.
In 1914, at the start of the First World War, Lord Kitchener became Secretary of State for War. Kitchener was killed on 5 June 1916 when the armoured cruiser, HMS Hampshire, taking him to negotiations in Russia was sunk by a German mine.
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