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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 383

(x) New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860-1866 (3457. Stepn. Bellingham, 1st. Bn. 12th. Regt.), good very fine, scarce

Only 13 medals known for this date, to 12 Brigade Royal Artillery, 6 Company Royal Engineers, 1/12th Foot, and 40th Foot.

The 12th Foot arrived in New Zealand in 1860, and was engaged in the First Taranaki War, being present at No.2 Redoubt, and was in action throughout the Waikato War, where it sustained heavy losses at Rangiriri and fought at Gate Pa. In 1866, the Regiment moved to Tauranga, and took part in the Tauranga bush campaign.

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£480