Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

New Zealand Exhibition 1865

Engraver:
Joseph Wyon
Year:
1865
Country:
New Zealand
Diameter:
64 mm
Obverse:
Māori warrior holding a spear and looking right. At his feet is a war club. A kiwi bird, plough, box with cloth, and a war canoe are behind the warrior. A fern tree and New Zealand flax plant are behind the warrior as well. In the distance are mountains.
Reverse:
An ornate circle encloses a fern with five branches. Within the five spaces between the fern branches are: a Kauri cone, a flax bloom, barley, maize, and wheat.
NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION 1865
HONORARY
References:
Morel 1

The New Zealand Exhibition Medal of 1865 was designed by Joseph Wyon, the Queen's medallist. The dies were the work of a famous engraver, Joseph Moore, and the medal was struck at the Royal Mint. One example was struck in gold, seventy-five in silver, and eighty-seven in bronze. The gold medal was given to the Secretary of the Exhibition, and the others to exhibitors. The Commissioners awarded themselves silver medals.