Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private M. Carr, Royal Highlanders

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (2519 Pte., Royal Hdrs.) this a later issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (2519 Pte., 2nd Rl. Highldrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2519 Pte., Rl. Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1884, good very fine or better (4) £150-200

Michael Carr was born in Aberdeen in 1862 and enlisted in Perth in 1880. He was tried by court martial and convicted of desertion in 1885, and as a result forfeited his Egyptian Campaign Medals, which were subsequently restored to him. Sold with a copied photograph of recipient, taken from the Military History of Perthshire, and fifteen pages of copied service papers, which confirm that he served during the Great War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.