A fascinating story of medals and anti-militarism in early twentieth-century New Zealand.
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That is why labour history and accounts of our working past are important—the continuation of a working class counter-culture held dear to those that struggled to create it. As Fred Cooke wrote in 1911, “in the future, when working-class history comes to be written, our Cross will be held in high esteem.”
Read the article (with photos) at: http://www.garagecollective.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/socialist-cross-of-honor-markings-of.html (Reproduced from the LHP Newsletter #55.)