H.M.S. New Zealand Medal 1913, Arms of Aukland, ‘The Dominion of New Zealand’, reverse: the battlecruiser ‘New Zealand, ‘To the Officers and Men of H.M.S. New Zealand 1913’, silver, unnamed, contact marks, nearly very fine £30-50

The medal was awarded by the citizens of Auckland to the officers and crew during the battlecruiser’s visit to that city in 1913. In the Great War the New Zealand was present at the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland.