Watch List notes:

Great Britain, 40th Foot (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment, c1850s, officer's belt with buckle in gilt, silver and brass. Very fine.

The 40th Regiment served in Australia from 1823 until 1828 both in Sydney, NSW and in Van Diemen's Land. They returned in 1852 to serve in Victoria where they provided a gold escort to protect gold sent from the diggings to Melbourne and in October 1854 they quelled an uprising by the gold miners at the Battle of Eureka Stockade. They then served in the New Zealand Wars in the early 1860s before returning to England in 1866.
($450-500)