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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The Gibson Collection of Orders, Decorations and Medals
• Sale Date:
  09 Apr 2014 ~ 6.30pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  6
• Lot Description:
  New Zealand Medal, reverse dated 1845 to 1847.
  (C Lee, Capt A Ft Gd, HMS Racehorse), impressed naming. With ornate silver ribbon brooch. Longley (RN & RM) notes that 3 officers and 24 naval ratings together with 9 NCOs and men of Royal Marines of this ship received this dated medal (36 to ship). Both Longley and Douglas-Morris (NM) record his surname as 'Leo' and the naming on the medal appears to be an engravers mistake. A part of men from this ship took part in the action at Ruapekapeka in January 1846. With research notes.
• Provenance:
  Purchased at Glendining's Auction, London 1994; from the David Corbett collection; ex-Lovell collection sold by Sotheby's, London, 1977.
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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