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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 #:
  26
• Lot Description:
  Pair to Private Michael Lees, 70th Foot.
  (i) Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, no claps (3303 Pte M Lees, 70th Foot). (ii) New Zealand Medal, undated reverse (3303 Pte M Lees, 70th Foot). Both medals impressed naming. With research notes.
• Provenance:
  Purchased from Charles Lusted, English dealer.
• Notes:
  Lees was born at St Eircoat and was engaged in woollen manufacturing. He enlisted on 6 October 1852 and arrived in New Zealand on the ship Daniel Rankin in 1861. He was discharged at New Plymouth on 9 October 1864 on completion of his engagement. In New Zealand the regiment was under the commander of Lieutenant-Colonels Trevor Chute and Thomas Edmonds Maloch, CB.
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,800 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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