Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Collection of Shooting Medals and Badges awarded to Major R. A. Barzey, Royal Artillery

Comprising a National Rifle Association Medallion, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘Bisley Meeting 1948, Rajah of Kolapore Imperial Challenge Cup’; N.R.A. 100 Roll Lapel Badges (3), for 1938, 1939, and 1948; N.R.A. Rifle Clubs Medal, bronze; N.R.A. Grand Aggregate 1948 Medal, bronze; M.R.A. Championships Medal 1948, silver; M.R.A. Severn Tunnel Medal 1947, bronze; Welsh Twenty Club Medals (2), one gilt and enamel, the other bronze and enamel; M.R.A. Birmingham Bisley Crosses (2), one silver and enamel, one bronze and enamel; Glamorganshire Rifle Association Championship Medal 1949, silver-gilt; together with a T.A. Lapel Badge; and 10 cloth badges, the majority relating to the National Rifle Association, Glamorgan Rifle Association, or Bisley Competitions, generally good very fine (lot) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Shooting Medals to British Regiments and Rifle Volunteers.

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Sold together with two mounted photographs, of the ‘Mother Country’ team that won the Kolapore Cup at Bisley in both 1946 and 1948 (with Barzey scoring 138 in 1946 and top scoring with 143 in 1948); two Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs Highest Possible Score Certificates, both named to the recipient, and dated 1 March 1948 and 12 December 1948 respectively; Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs Daily Telegraph Small Bore Rifle Club Competition Winner’s Certificate, 1938; and N.R.A. Journal British Hundred Roll Certificate, dated 1946.