MEMORIAL PLAQUES
SUPPLIES AT BASE RECORDS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 26. Supplies of the memorial plaques which the War Office are distributing to the next of kin of those who fell in the war are now being received by Base Records. The plaques are made of copper. They are five inches in diameter and circular in shape. They were simple yet artistic in design each plaque bearing the words, “He died for freedom and honour.” On the front there is a representation of Britannia holding aloft a laurel wreath, and in the foreground is the British lion. The regimental number and name of the deceased will be engraved on each plaque.
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Southland Times, Issue 18831, 26 May 1920, Page 5
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113MEMORIAL PLAQUES Southland Times, Issue 18831, 26 May 1920, Page 5
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