Auction Catalogue
Three: Private John Farr, Devon Regiment
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (1970 Pte., 1st Bn. Devon Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (1970 Pte., 1st Bn. Devon Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1970 Pte., Devon Regt.) suspension claw re-pinned on the first, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce (3)
Private John Farr served in India with a Maxim Gun Detachment and was one of only 10 men of the regiment to receive the Waziristan clasp, and one of only 32 to receive the Relief of Chitral clasp.
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