1864 New Zealand medal. Silver, 36 mm. MY-123, BBM-79. Swivel mount and fern decorated straight bar suspension. Very Fine.

451. SERGt THOs JONES, 4th BATTn MILITy. TRn impressed on edge. Polished to brilliance, scattered nicks and marks on both sides, some hairlines. Some luster persists. A scarce and popular medal, issued to a man who, according to the medal rolls, served in New Zealand only from 18 March to 13 May 1864. Sgt. Thomas Jones served with the 4th Battalion, Military Train, a logistics outfit that whose soldiers were used as cavalry for much of the New Zealand engagement. The unit was present in the country from 1864 through 1867, and just 167 men of the Military Train received New Zealand medals of any kind. The New Zealand Wars of 1845 to 1872, rather like the colonizer vs. indigenous wars in North America, were largely fought over access of valuable land for new settlers. In the Maori language, the wars were called Te riri Pākehā or "the white man's anger." Offered with a modern ribbon.

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