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Auction: 1008 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 73

Three: Gunner G. Barker, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ali Musjid, Kandahar (1648 Gunr. G. Barker. 11/9th. Bde. R.A.), minor official correction, pitted from Star; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1648 Gunner G. Barker 11th Battery 9th Bde. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (23304. Gunr. G. Barker. 7/1. Lon: Div: R.A.), minor official correction to unit of last, generally very fine, all with contemporary silver top-riband buckles (3) Estimate £ 450-500 23304 Gunner George Barker, born Nottingham; served in the Royal Sherwood Foresters Regiment of Militia prior to enlistment in the Royal Artillery, 1867; served with the 11th/9th Brigade during the Second Afghan War, 1878-80, and received a sword cut to the head, 13.4.1880, during the operations in the Hisarak Valley; awarded the L.S. & G.C., 1888, and discharged the following year.

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