Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Company Sergeant Major J. Garbutt, 102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, late 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3837 Pte J. Garbutt. N: Zealand M.R.) unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps, top lugs filled for mounting purposes; British War Medal 1914-20 (931238 A.C.S. Mjr. J. Garbutt. 102-Can. Inf.) generally good very fine (2) £140-£180

John Garbutt was born in Whitby, Yorkshire in December 1879. He served with the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles during the Second Boer War, before emigrating to Canada. Garbutt served during the Great War with the 102nd Battalion (Northern British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front.