Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Colour-Sergeant John Grant, 43rd Light Infantry

New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (796. 43rd Lt. Inftry.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (796 Cr.Sgt., 1st Bn. Oxf. L. Infy.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £200-240

John Grant participated in seven out of the eight actions or skirmishes that the regiment took part in, in the Taranaki District, during the Maori Wars. Only three men of the regiment took part in all eight. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal on 1 July 1881.