Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Sergeant-Major James Mount, Royal Engineers

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 to 1866 (6099 Sergt. Jas. Mount, Ryl. Engrs.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (6099 Sergt. Maj. J. Mount, R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S.Mjr. J. Mount, R.E.) good very fine or better (3) £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Important Collection of Medals for the Maori Wars, 1845-1866.

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Confirmed on the roll for service in the Taranaki campaign 1860-61, including the action at Kaihihi 10th & 11th October 1860, and in the Wanganui campaign 1865-66. His medal issued on 25 February 1870, one of only 14 with this date known. The Royal Engineers served in New Zealand during the period 1860-70 and took part in many sieges and built roads, bridges and blockhouses. Their use of the field telegraph to link posts in the Waikato and Taranaki is one of the earliest recorded on campaign.

According to The Annuity Meritorious Service Medal 1847-1953, Ian McInnes, Sergeant Major James Mount's Annuity M.S.M. was awarded circa 1917 and he died shortly thereafter.