Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1865 (Hy. Bishop, O.S., H.M.S. Eclipse) officially impressed naming, edge bruising and overall contact marks, good fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of New Zealand War Medals.

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75 medals were awarded to H.M.S. Eclipse, including 60 dated ‘1863 to 1865’, the only ship to receive medals with these reverse dates.

Henry Bishop entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Scourge on 2 July 1860. He advanced to Boy 1st Class in July 1861 and transferred to H.M.S. Formidable in February 1862. He joined H.M.S. Eclipse on 1 October 1862, advancing to Ordinary Seaman in July 1863, and to Able Seaman in July 1865. He served in Eclipse until 9 February 1867, when he joined H.M.S. Supply and then H.M.S. Fisgard on 4 March 1868, being discharged ‘shore Invd’ on 6 April 1868.

Sold with copied medal roll entry and record of service.