The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1901 (25021 Tpr. A. E. Smith, S.A. Lt. Horse), a later impressed issue, cast copy suspension bar, very fine £60-80

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

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Albert Edward Smith served variously in the South African Light Horse, in ‘Q’ Squadron, Cape Colonial Forces (No. 479 Sergeant) and in the Peninsular Horse (No. 1325 Trooper), and was entitled to the “Cape Colony”, “Orange Free State”, “Transvaal”, “South Africa 1901” and “South Africa 1902” clasps; his Medal was returned to the A.D.O.S. in March 1906 and another issued to him in April 1909, this last via applications made from the Cape Colonial Forces and Peninsular Horse rolls.