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Name/title	Maker	Production date	Description
South Island Scenes. Forrester Family album		Circa 1900	Elizabeth Forrester nee Stevenson. Wife of John Megget Forrester, personal album. Photographs 1890's - 1901, Christchurch, Akaroa, Stewart Island, West Coast, Oamaru Harbour, Oamaru town, Kakanui, Moeraki, Port Chalmers. Troops 1901-1904.
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. On edge - "63305 PTE. J. W. Cowan. N.Z.E.F." Originally on display at Early Settlers Association with portrait of John Cowan, World War One memorial plaque (Dead Man's Penny) and accompanying printed note from King George V.
Frederick and Elizabeth Bicknell family photo album		[1880s-1900]	Photograph album containing unidentified scenic and Bicknell family photographs, family home "Surrey Lodge" at 29 Avon Street Oamaru, many dated. Coat of arms and the words "Do Good and Fear Not" drawn on the first page. 36 pages, 177 attached photographs. Frederick William Bicknell was Post Master in Oamaru from May 1867 to May 1881. NOTE: Also includes photographs of artworks, these have not been scanned. Photographs that are duplicated in album 2014/45.01 have not been scanned.
Unidentified women with photo album		Circa 1910	House interior. Three women with a photo album.
Group photo unidentified		Circa 1910	Large group of boys with three men in garden setting. (Schoolboys?)
Jim Brown and family [?]		Circa 1910	Jim Brown (front left) with family or friends at Kakanui (?) Jim Brown with three unidentified women and one girl
Family unidentified		Circa 1905	Four women and a boy in a garden
Jim Brown		Circa 1910	Jim Brown, c.1910. Man posed leaning against a tree. At Oamaru Public Gardens?
South Island Scenes			Unidentified family photos, same group of people and dog feature in many photographs. Picnics, fishing on the Waitaki River, Mt Cook (?), Deerstalking, Fish, Landscapes, camping.
Frederick and Elizabeth Bicknell family photo album		1890s-1940s?	Photograph album containing unidentified scenic and Bicknell family photographs, family home "Surrey Lodge" at 29 Avon Street Oamaru. Hiking and camping trips - mountains and rivers. Hops harvesting. 24 pages, 268 attached photographs, 2 loose photographs. Frederick William Bicknell was Post Master in Oamaru from May 1867 to May 1881.
1914-15 Star Medal	Blakemore, William Henry James (b.1871, d.1945)	Circa 1918	The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15. The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15. The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with red, white and blue stripes. This is the same ribbon as that worn on the 1914 Star. Issued to -: 6/2485 Capt. J.P. Hewat, N.Z.E.F.
British War Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of this medal shows the uncrowned left-facing profile of King George V by Sir Bertram Mackennal. The reverse of the medal depicts St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers, and a skull and cross-bones (the emblems of death). Above, the sun has risen in victory. The figure is mounted on horseback to symbolise man's mind controlling a force of greater strength than his own, and thus alludes to the scientific and mechanical developments and machines which helped to win the war. The ribbon consists of an orange watered centre, with thin stripes of white and black at each side, and borders of royal blue. On rim "9/1900 G N R. D.O. Mitchell N.Z.E.F.
1914-15 Star Medal	Blakemore, William Henry James (b.1871, d.1945)	Circa 1918	The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15. The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15. The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with red, white and blue stripes. This is the same ribbon as that worn on the 1914 Star. Stamped on the back is "1641 - PTE R.S. Mitchell - 18/BNN A.I.F."
British War Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of this medal shows the uncrowned left-facing profile of King George V by Sir Bertram Mackennal. The reverse of the medal depicts St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers, and a skull and cross-bones (the emblems of death). Above, the sun has risen in victory. The figure is mounted on horseback to symbolise man's mind controlling a force of greater strength than his own, and thus alludes to the scientific and mechanical developments and machines which helped to win the war. The ribbon consists of an orange watered centre, with thin stripes of white and black at each side, and borders of royal blue. "R S Mitchell" is on side.
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. Around the edge is engraved :1 641 PTE. R.S. MITCHELL 16 BN. A.I.F".
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. Rim inscribed ' 9/1900 GNR D.O. Mitchell N.Z.E.F.'
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. Awarded to -: 21709 Corporal A.D. McBeath, N.Z.E.F.
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. Awarded to -: 58734 Rifleman J.A. Cameron, N.Z.E.F.
Victory Medal	McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)	Circa 1919	The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre. 'Lieut F Chilton' on rim.
1914 Star Medal	Blakemore, William Henry James (b.1871, d.1945)	Circa 1917	The 1914 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed "AUG NOV 1914". The reverse of the 1914 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. The ribbon is watered silk with red, white and blue stripes. This is the same ribbon as that worn on the 1914-15 Star. Engraved on back 'Lieut F N Houston York & Lanc R.' From a framed collection of medals.

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