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Medal - Canterbury Centenary
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A family group of three figures — a man, a woman, and a child — depicted in high relief in the foreground, with four sailing ships shown in a line behind them, evoking the 1850 settler arrivals. The curved legend arcs around the upper field, with the date at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprises a cog-shaped frame enclosing the dates 1850 and 1950 flanking a central wheat ear, with a ram's head in relief below. The legend CANTERBURY arcs across the upper field, NEW ZEALAND appears in smaller lettering in the centre field, and CENTENARY is rendered in large relief letters across the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | CANTERBURY 1850 1950 NEW ZEALAND CENTENARY |
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