India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891 (Mr. R. C. Barker, Telegraph Dept.) first clasp a later type, very fine £300-£400

Rayner Childe Barker was born in 1858, son of the Rev. Thomas Childe Barker, rector of Carleton, Yorkshire. He entered the Telegraph Department of India in 1879, became Engineer and Electrician of Persian Gulf Section of Indo-European Telegraph Department, and afterwards Director of the Persian Section. He served in the Burma Expedition 1886-88 (medal with two clasps), and with Hazara Expeditions 1888 and 1891 (two clasps). He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1889.