New Zealand War Medal awarded to Colour Sergeant Edwin Bezar, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment.
New Zealand War Medal, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.2002-04-846-1
Description
New Zealand War Medal. Awarded to 3542 Col Sgt Edwin Bezar, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment. Circular, silver medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing diadem and veil, with the inscription, ‘Victoria D: G: Britt: Reg: F:D:’; on the reverse, a laurel wreath and the inscription, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Virtutis Honor’ (Honour of valour). The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a red vertical stripe flanked by dark blue vertical stripes. Associated with the 2nd and 3rd Maori Wars (1860-1872). Col Sgt Bezar was born 1838, and died in New Zealand 1936.
Campaigns
2nd Maori War (1860-1861), 3rd Maori War (1863-1872)