The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals

Three: Gunner J. Suttie, Royal Garrison Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (86714 Gnr. J. Suttie, 15th Coy S.D. R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (86714 Gr. J. Suttie, No. 91 Co. R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (86714 Gnr. J. Suttie, R.G.A.), file mark immediately following unit on the first and surname officially corrected on the second, generally very fine or better and a rare Boer War/China combination of awards (3) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Just 35 men of the British Army received the Queen’s South Africa, China 1900 and King’s South Africa Medals, all of them members of the Royal Garrison Artillery; see the article A Slow Boat to China - and Back Again, and related roll, by Lt. Col. A. M. Macfarlane (O.M.R.S. Journal, Autumn 1993, pp. 198-200); recipient also entitled to the “Transvaal” clasp.