Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Montenegro, Kingdom, Bravery Medal, silver (Rev: F. R. Barry. C.F. Sept: 26-28. 1916.) contemporarily engraved naming, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, embossed case of issue, suspension altered to a straight bar swivel suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

D.S.O. London Gazette 25 November 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He tended and dressed the wounded under very heavy fire with the greatest courage and determination. He set a splendid example throughout the operations.’

The Reverend Frank Russell Barry was born on 28 January 1890, the son of the Reverend G. D. Barry, and was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford. He served during the Great War with the Army Chaplains’ Department as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class in the Mediterranean theatre of War from 31 December 1915, and subsequently on the Western Front, taking part in the operations on the Somme, the Ancre, Arras, and Passchendaele. For his gallantly during the operations at Mouquet Farm, near Thiepval, on 26-28 September 1916 he was awarded the D.S.O., and was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) and awarded the Silver Medal for Military Valour from the King of Montenegro.