Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (William George Barnes, Junr. 1902.) minor edge bruising, very fine £240-£280

William George Barnes was a prominent figure in the Order of St. John, and was one of the handful of ‘notables’ presented with an honorary St. John Medal for South Africa by H.M. King Edward VII in 1902. He was not entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal.