item details
NameWar Portraits
ProductionDominion Museum; creating agency; 1918-1920
Classificationfiles, correspondence, clippings files, photographs
Materialspaper, ink
Materials SummaryMainly loose papers in folders
Registration NumberMU000211
Overview
The Dominion Museum developed a New Zealand war section during World War One and as part of this the Museum was involved in the commissioning of portraits of soldiers who had won distinction on active service.
Files include newspaper clippings, records of decorations awarded, photographs of servicemen, requests and records relating to donations [of war related material to the Museum].