Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Lieut: W. Parkin. Bakers Horse.) officially re-engraved naming, about extremely fine, the clasp scarce to unit £1,400-£1,800

Approximately 219 Medals awarded to Baker’s Horse (of which 92 were returned), but one of only 9 with the clasp 1877-8-9.

Walter Parkin was appointed a Lieutenant in Baker’s Horse, on 3 February 1879, being one of the first men to join the recently re-formed unit, and served with them throughout the Zulu War, The unit served with distinction at the Battles of Hlobane and Khambula; the skirmish on the White Mfolozi River; and at the Battle of Ulundi. Parkin had previously seen service during the Gaika and Gaeleka War 1877-78, and the Griqua War operations of 1878, although it is not known with which unit he served, although it was possibly also Baker’s Horse which was formed for service in the Cape Frontier War in 1878, and was disbanded in December of that year.