Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1575. David Reynolds, 58th Regt.) officially impressed naming, very fine £400-£500

J. B. Hayward, July 1979.

Confirmed on roll for 1st Maori War 1845-47.

David Reynolds was born in Suffolk and enlisted into the 12th Foot on 5 February 1843. He was on passage to Hobart Town from London on the convict ship William Jardine from 1 July to 20 November 1844, and aboard the Water Lily from Norfolk Island to Auckland in January 1846, arriving there on 20 January. He was discharged ‘free’ as a Lance-Corporal at Auckland on 31 August 1853.