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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 435

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 to 1847 (W. Dunsford, O.S., H.M.S. Calliope), minor contact marks, better than very fine and rare

Just 60 New Zealand Medals were issued bearing the reverse dates '1846-1847', the whole to H.M.S. Calliope; around half of them are known to survive.

William Dunsford was born at Saltash, Cornwall on 27 December 1827 and entered the Royal Navy with an appointment as Boy 1st Class in H.M.S. Calliope in July 1845, aged 19 years. He was subsequently present in the New Zealand operations in 1846-47 and, having been paid off from the Calliope in June 1849, served in the Caledonia and Virago. Dunsford next transferred to the Coast Guard and was finally pensioned ashore as a Chief Boatman in Charge in December 1882; sold with copied research.



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