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Medal, commemorative |
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| Object type | Coronation/royalty Classification: 68489 |
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English: Coronation Medal, Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 Awarded to Brigadier Clive Lochiel Pleasants silver circular medal, 32mm diameter, ring suspension obverse- crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, in a high-collared ermine cloak and wearing the collar of the Garter and Badge of the Bath. Reverse- The reverse shows the Royal Cypher "EIIR", surmounted by a large crown. The legend around the edge reads "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2nd JUNE 1953". Ribbon- 32mm wide grosgrain ribbon, coloured dark red with white edges and two narrow dark blue stripes in the centre |
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| Date | 17 Jul 2001; 15 Aug 2001; 1953; Elizabeth II (1952 -)-House of Windsor-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 95mm |
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2001.25.791.10 |
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| Place of creation | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 5B 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.791.10 Brent Mackrell Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Coronation 1953 (EII) Brigadier Clive Lochiel Pleasants, CBE DSO MC Service- 2NZEF FMF Served- WW2- Greece, Crete, Africa, Italy post-war- New Zealand Regular Army; Commanding Officer Fiji Military Force to Malaya. Obituary- NZ Herald- 30-3-1988 "War Hero Started out as Teacher Clive Lochiel Pleasants, a schoolteacher who became a distinguished soldier, died yesterday in Auckland. Brigadier Pleasants, aged 77, will be honoured in a funeral ceremony with full military honours tomorrow at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Parnell and then at Purewa Crematorium. During the Second World War he commanded infantry and armoured units of battalion, division and brigade strength in Greece, Crete, Egypt and Italy. He earned the Military Cross while a company commander in the 19th battalion in Crete in 1941, having to lead soldiers out of the region to Egypt after his commanding officer and second-in-command were temporarily lost in the battle. Commission He won the DSO the following year while in command of the 18th battalion at Orsogna, Italy, where he was wounded twice. On his return to New Zealand at the end of the war he returned to teaching in Wanganui, but resumed Army life in 1947 when he took up a permanent commission. Brigadier Pleasants was appointed commandant of Waiouru Military camp in the late 1940s, then commander of the Fiji military forces. He was made a CBE in 1952 during his term in the islands. In 1953 he became commander of the northern military district. He went to London in 1964 as Army liaison officer, retiring at the end of the following year." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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