Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (734 John Calver, 1st Bn. 12th Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500

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

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John Calver was born in the Parish of Framsden, Suffolk, and enlisted into the 12th Regiment at Ipswich on 31 December 1860, aged 18. He served abroad in New Zealand from 1863 to 1866, and in Afghanistan in 1880, receiving medals for both campaigns in addition to the L.S. & G.C. medal. He was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Bury St Edmunds on 10 December 1882.

Sold with copied discharge papers.