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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 53

New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse (59 Pte. C. Bitten. 40th Foot), light contact marks, good very fine

Charles Bitten is noted as having been stationed in Taranki, New Zealand with the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot in 1861. He is recorded in Trevor Turner's fine work The Excellers - Eye Witness to the 40th Regiment in New Zealand in 1860-66 (available online via the website of the Orders and Medals Research Society) as having been present for the main actions of 1863-64 at Rangiriri, Waiari & Orakau.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£260