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A New Zealand Land Wars historical tomahawk souvenired by…
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Auckland
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10-Aug-2021
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A New Zealand Land Wars historical tomahawk souvenired by William Birss together with von Tempsky and Birss photographs, the old tomahawk with attached card labelled faintly detailed 'This tomahawk..picked up beside..next day..Ngutu-o- te-Manu, Taranaki..fought near..Major von Tempsky..' together with two distressed photos of 'Major von Tempsky commander ot the famous Forest Rangers Killed at Ngutu-o-te-Manu.' and 'Trooper Birss of the Forest Rangers who picked up the tomahawk at Ngutu-o-te-Manu Battle.' Both in one frame showing water/damp damage. Tomahawk length 40 cm. Frame size 24.5 x 19.5 cm. Together with later printed 'Maori War Claims' documents etc.
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori