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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 451

(x) New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse (Pt. F. Williamson, Corps of Guides.), engraved local naming, very fine and rare

Three Medals issued to the Corps of Guides, being this award, besides those of Christopher Maling and Thomas Adamson.

Francis Williamson served with the Taranaki Militia and then joined the Corps of Guides when it was formed in January 1869 by Colonel Whitemore. Williamson was one of the seven members of the Guides present in the campaign against Titokowaru, being under fire from November 1868-January 1869 and would have surely served alongside Trooper Lingard, who won the New Zealand Cross. Williamson had his Medal awarded on 31 May 1871.

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Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£270