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New Zealand Mounted Rifle Association trophy

New Zealand Mounted Rifle Association trophy

A trophy of the First New Zealand Mounted Rifle Association, founded during the South African ('Boer') War.

The trophy, nicknamed 'The Cutter', is an enamel cup overlaid with silver bands  engraved with the various reunion dates of the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles Association, 1901-56. The Association was founded aboard HM Troopship Orient on 26 January 1901.

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Image courtesy National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Accession Number: 1996.1925
Permission of the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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How to cite this page: 'New Zealand Mounted Rifle Association trophy', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/the-cutter, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 10-Feb-2009

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