Description
Queen’s South Africa Medal, 3 bars, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, 565 Sapper Edward Barker, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers.
Entitlement confirmed on the roll for all 3 clasps, also shows that the medal was issued to Bulawayo, 6th March 1903.
Officially impressed: “565 Spr E. Barker S: Rhod: Vols:” Some polishing.
Edward Barker fought in the Boer War with D Troop of the Southern Rhodesian Volunteers, who took part in the famous Relief of Mafeking, earning one of the rarest bars to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.
