A FINE SOUVENIR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 48, 16 February 1943, Page 7

A FINE SOUVENIR

GREEK KIWI EMBLEM MADE IN MIDDLE .EAST A fjnc souvenir, in commemoration of the association of New Zealand: and; Greek soldiers at an instruction school in the Middle East, has bc.cn received by Mr and Mrs A. Kilgour, of Masterto<n, from, their son, Sergeant A. F. Kilgour, who is posted <to the Greek Army as; an instructor. Surmounted by the Royal Grown and, V for Victory, the design depicts a Greek citizen 'in national costume embracing a kiwi and a lion, against a background ot the Greek flag, fern and oak leaves, while on the sides arc the Hags of •Britain and New Zealand. Bclojv are the words, "A Merry Christmas, 1942," in English and Greek. The design was executed by Private Lewis, a member of the Nelw Zealand staff, who was formerly a master of arts at a college: in Wellington. It was liand-painted by young Greek pupils whom he was instructing in such work. An 'interesting feature is the inclusion of the signatures 011 the face of the design of both. Greek and New Zealand; soldiers.