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HMAS Anzac Challenge Medallion

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Master Creations Australia

c. 1996

Overview

Sunburst shaped HMAS Anzac Challenge Medallion with a Royal crown and crest on blue background with laurel wreath below the crown. PRESENTED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER appears below this. On the reverse side the blue centre features a red kangaroo and HMAS Anzac with HMAS ANZAC FFH150 at the top of the circle and UNITED WE STAND at the bottom.

Historical information

HMAS Anzac III (FFH 150) was launched on 16 September 1994 by Lieutenant Colonel V. Statham, better known as Vivian Bullwinkle, and commissioned on 18 May 1996. The first of 10 Anzac Class frigates she was built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria. HMAS Anzac’s motto is “United We Stand” and she was the ‘First Lady of the Fleet”, being the oldest ship in the fleet between 15 June 2023 and her decommissioning on 18 May 2024.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-1996.6.14

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

50 mm

Height or length

40 mm

Weight

31 g

Inscriptions and markings

"PRESENTED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER" on medallion face;
"HMAS ANZAC FFH150 and UNITED WE STAND" on the reverse side of the medallion.

Contextual Information

Based at Fleet West Base at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia, HMAS ANZAC III was adopted by the City of Albany (W.A.) in 1996 and visited the port on a number of occasions.

Keywords

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Place made

China

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Historic significance

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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

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-35.030449, 117.912878

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