5th (The Haytor) Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment Shooting Medal, 41mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Ladies Association won by Corpl. G. H. Farr E. Comp.’, fitted with small ring suspension, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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George Henry Farr was born in East Charleton, near Kingsbridge, Devon in 1863. A Carpenter by occupation he won the Ladies Prize and best shot in the battalion at the annual shooting competition held on the Marsh Range, Totnes on 17 June 1901. He drowned in Salcombe Harbour on 20 August 1903, aged 40.

Sold with copied research.