Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff and South African Constabulary

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes. I.Y. Hp. Staff) officially impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes, S.A.C.) officially impressed naming, toned, very fine and scarce £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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Sarah J. Barnes was trained at Guy’s Hospital, London, and enlisted into Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve on 10 January 1900. She served in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, and with the South African Constabulary, “E: Division, from 20 December 1900. She was discharged from the S.A.C. on 1 July 1907.

Sold with copied research including medal roll entries.