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WW1 Victory medal
chrischch  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 3:22:35 PM(UTC)
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http://www.trademe.co.nz...ls/auction-575357652.htm

Found one of these (a real one not a fake like in the link) the other day at my local park, same park I found the gold pocket watch in my avatar. Always wanted to find a medal. Unfortunately it has been hit by the lawn mower but is still a great find nevertheless. It has the guys name on the side and my daughter had a quick google and found he had been injured twice and there was a bit more written about the bloke.
I havnt read it myself yet but will do and will try to give it back to his family if they can be found. The name around the outer edge is P.T.E. (Private?) E.J. Pullan. The next letters along look like N.Z.E.F. I think I can guess what the N and the z stand for and probably the F (forces?) but "E"?
If I could work out a quick and easy way to upload a pic, I would do so but I'm sure you've all seen one before.
If someone is in the Woolston area, I'm looking for a detecting partner for the odd hunt as I cant drive for a couple months due to bad health.

Hope you all have a good hunt out there!
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 3:49:03 PM(UTC)
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NZ Expeditionary Force.

Great find!
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chrischch  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 4:56:15 PM(UTC)
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Thanks mate, I knew there had to be a medal there somewhere! Now where's that Sov with my name on it?
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 7:41:21 PM(UTC)
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Hi Chrischch I'm looking for some one to go detecting with. I work night shift so can only do weekends .I live over parklands way
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 8:45:25 PM(UTC)
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Ill keep ya number handy Chris
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 March 2013 10:35:57 PM(UTC)
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great find chris...i also found a real one and so far have traced down where his father is buried in pleasant point cematary..there is still 2 families in pleasant point with the same last name..will be contacting them soon..
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Thursday, 28 March 2013 10:23:45 AM(UTC)
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Where the pic - always nice to see a photo of 'Wilfrey'- a shame the lawn mower monstored it but still a good thing to find - Methinks you had been go and find its mate 'Squeek' as he might be lost there as well and if you had extraordinary luck then you might even get 'Pip' but to have been awarded 'Pip' then the recipient had to have been serving in Gallipoli or on the Western Front in 1915.

None the less a great find - good going.

As for the 'Pip, Squeek and Wilfrey' - they were Cartoon Characters of a Cartoon Strip in the British 'Daily Mirror' from 1919 right up to the mid 1950s
After the war the three main medals were affectionately known as 'Pip, Squeek' and 'Wilfrey' after these cartoon characters.
In the photograph I have put here you can see the three medals - with 'Pip' - the 1914 - 15 Star on the left, 'Squeek' - the British War Medal which is the only solid silver one in the middle and 'Wilfred' the Victory medal on the right.

You can also so another star similar to 'Pip' but this star is far scarcer - it is the 'Mons' Star or '1914 Star' - Only four New Zealanders got it officially though there may have been other New Zealanders serving in British Units who got it who have been long since forgotten. Of the four New Zealanders to get the Mons Star - two were women! Two New Zealand Officers got it BUT they were attached to British units and were not part of the NZEF or New Zealand Expiditionary Force'

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chrischch  
Posted : Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:23:51 PM(UTC)
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Thanks everyone, I'll let you know how i get on finding the owners family. I'll try upload a pic later. thanks Graeme(graham?) for the Pip Squeak and Winfrey explanation as I did see it referenced in something I read about the victory medal on Trademe I think.
Kiwi218 and Foiled Again, we should go for a hunt sometime for sure.
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Posted : Thursday, 28 March 2013 6:14:12 PM(UTC)
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Went to same park today and got my second trade token (both from the same park I found the WW1 medal and 1933 gold watch)
It's a "S.Clarkson Importer Cashel Street" Same as this one:
http://www.australiansta...eal/earlynz/cl752ptk.htm

I stupidly swapped the first one I found and cant remember what it was now.
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