Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Kinkade, 68th Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Arthur Kinkade. 68th. L.I.) Depot impressed naming, ‘8’ of ‘68th’ double-struck; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (3737. Pte. A. Kinkead [sic]. 68th. Foot.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with an IGS-style suspension; together with a ‘N.Z.A. Royal Veteran’ bronze Cross, the reverse engraved ‘Arthur Kinkade’, suspension claw crudely re-affixed on first, and suspension no-longer swivels, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (4) £500-£700

Arthur Kinkade (also recorded at Kinkead) attested for the 68th Regiment of Foot, and served with them both in the Crimea, and in New Zealand, being present at the Battle of Gate Pa. He was discharged in New Zealand in 1866.