WW1 era New Zealand Division BEF British Expeditionary Force SPORTS PRIZE Medal

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VERY VERY
**SCARCE**
World War One large Solid BRONZE prize medal
ONLY the THIRD I have EVER OWNED (And the
FIRST I have ever listed here on eBay
)
AWARDED to a Great War Kiwi ANZAC soldier for coming
3rd in The Mule Hurdle Race
MULES had proved their ESSENTAIL WORTH on the bloody beaches and hills of ANZAC COVE, during the disastrous debacle that was the A.N.Z.A.C. Gallipoli Campaign on the Dardanelles Peninsula
Depicting a New Zealand Maori Warrior CHIEF (The Huia bird feathers in his hair
discern chiefly rank
) wielding a Greenstone (Jade) Mere (club) with a Jade Hei Tiki (Ancestor's figure) hanging from his neck
Awarded to
William John Robson
who served in the
Second Battalion of the Wellington Infantry Regiment
Service # 82473
Formerly a farmhand in Wakefield, Nelson in New Zealand's Southern Island (AKA "The Mainland")
This unfortunate Kiwi ANZAC survived WW1 only to
die of the Spanish Influenza
in Tidworth Military Hospital on 26/3/1919
There is a "BIN" option for those that find an honest auction tedious
USED issued 120 year OLD antique item in EXCELLENT CONDITION for its age and authenticity.
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