Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal R. M. Barrs, 1st Dragoon Guards, later Police Constable, Metropolitan Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (3786 Corpl: R. M. Barrs. 1st. Dgn: Gds:); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. R. Barrs.); together with a Metropolitan Police Band Championship shield medallion, silver-gilt, inscribed ‘R. M. Barrs P.C.367A. Band Championship “A” Divn. Metron. Police’, suspension bar slightly bent on QSA, very fine (3) £200-£240

Robert Middleton Barrs was born in Westminster in 1876 and attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards in London on 13 July 1894. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January 1901 to 26 June 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 24 January 1901. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 5 September 1902, and was discharged on 12 July 1906, after 12 years’ service. He subsequently served with “A” Division, Metropolitan Police.

Sold with a postcard photograph and a further photographic image of the recipient.

Note: Transvaal clasp not confirmed.