The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (946 George Butler, 57th. Regt.) edge nicks, very fine £340-£380

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Debenham’s, July 1899; Glendining’s, June 1929; Buckland Dix & Wood, July 1992.

George Butler was born in Roscommon in 1844 and attested for the 16th Foot at Templemore, co. Tipperary, on 20 December 1862. He transferred to the 18th Foot on 20 August 1863, and proceeded to New Zealand with the 2nd Battalion in 1864. Whilst in New Zealand he transferred to the 57th Foot on 1 May 1865; returning home in 1867 he was discharged Medically Unfit on 3 October 1873, after 10 years and 288 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.