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Lot

№ 160 x

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£160

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (H. H. Carr, A.C.) locally engraved naming, lacking suspension, otherwise very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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404 medals issued to the Armed Constabulary.

Henry Hyde Carr was born in Liverpool in 1844 and served as a Constable in New Zealand in the 8th and 9th Divisions of the Armed Constabulary. He died at Wairoa on 1 September 1917. This is his original medal but a replacement medal, in pair with his N.Z. Police L.S. & G.C. medal, has been held by Wairoa Museum since 1964.