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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 9

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated '1860 to 1861' (W. Mugridge, A.B., H.M.S. Pelorus.), very fine

William Mugridge served aboard the Pelorus in the campaign in New Zealand. The Flagship of the Australia Station based at Sydney under Captain Seymour, she also visited other British Possessions in the region. She participated in the attack on Puketakauere pa during the First Taranaki War. Later that year her Bluejackets landed at Kairau to support British troops under attack from Maori warriors, and in January 1861 a gun crew from the ship helped defend the British redoubt at Huirangi against the Maori.

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£1,100

Starting price
£350