MONS MEMENTO.
DESIGN IN N.Z. WOOD. GIFT TO SIR G. RICHARDSON. (ISy Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAWERA; this day. An unusual memento of tho Mons days, for presentation to Sir Ceo. Richardson, from the New Zealand branch of the Old ContcmptiWce , Association, was recently completed by Mr. L. S. Maekie, of Otakeho. It is a carved block and gavel, of appropriate design, the block being of New Zealand wood and a finely executed piece of work. On one side it is carved to represent the Mons star, and with it four battle honours of the army—Mons, Ypres, the Aisno and the Marne. On another side 1 are two flags, the Union Jack and the Old Contemptiblee' flag. A third side carries a design incorporat-; ing the rose, thistle, shamrock, leek and fern leaf, the kauri, , clematis and the kowhai. The fourth side has a silver plate on which are inscribed the names of the members of the New Zealand branch of the association.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 211, 7 September 1933, Page 8
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