Sketch by London-based sculptor Gilbert Ledward entitled, Peace, for a memorial in The Square, Palmerston North, circa 1923.
Reverse reads, "The intention in this group would be to express the idea of the wounded & dying albatross returning to the Mother Country. The figure symbolised of Peace supports it as it falls to Earth. It is difficult to express this idea at all adequately except in a model and this sketch is merely to be taken as a suggestion".
Commissioned by The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund. The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund was established on 9 November 1923, continuing the work of a Soldiers' Memorial Committee which had been operating since 1920. The Chairman of the Soldiers' memorial Fund Committee was Mr F J Nathan, Mayor of Palmerston North, while the secretary was Mr John Permain, Secretary of the Manawatu Patriotic Society.