Auction Catalogue

29 June 2022

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№ 586

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£160

Four: Police Sergeant J. Barker, South Yorkshire Police, who was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal for rescuing a dog from a waterlogged quarry at Rotherham in 1957

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. John Barker); R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (P/C. J. Barker. 1957.) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, with ‘1958’ year bar; and a silver R.A.F. Malta Command Tug-of-War Prize shield, the reverse engraved ‘Cpl. Barker. 1945’, good very fine (6) £200-£240

John Barker served with South Yorkshire Police, and was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal for the ‘Rescue of a dog from a waterlogged quarry at Holme Hall Quarry, Stainton, near Rotherham.’ in 1957.