State: Victoria, Australia
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: bef. 02/06/1902
Number issued: 1
15-carat gold medal, to:
5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent –
1018 Trooper Herbert Victor CALLENDER [Callander]
Presentation made by Captain Akins, "A" Company Victorian Rangers, on behalf of the residents of Rupanyup and district, during a banquet.
Obverse: "Presented by / RANGERS / & / PUBLIC of / Rupanyup".
Reverse: "TPR H. CALLENDER / 5TH V.M.R. / IN / Empire's cause / S'TH AFRICAN WAR / 1901-2".
Callender example sold through Dix Noonan Webb, 17/09/2020.
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Melbourne Age, 14th May 1902
RUPANYUP.
Private CALLENDER was welcomed home by the local company of rangers and the leading residents, and was carried home shoulder high.
Melbourne Argus, 2nd June 1902
RUPANYUP.
Trooper H. CALLANDER, of the fifth Victorian Contingent, has been entertained at a banquet and presented by Captain Akins of A Company Victorian Rangers, on behalf of the residents of Rupanyup and district with a gold medal suitably inscribed.
Horsham Times, 10th June 1902
Trooper H. CALLANDAR, of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, has been entertained at a banquet, and presented by Captain Akins, of A Company Victorian Rangers, on behalf of the residents of Rupanyup and district, with a gold medal, suitably inscribed.
