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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 39

Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Egypt (J. Barns, R. Arty.), edge bruise, otherwise good very fine

Gunner James Barns or 'Barnes' as he appears on other published transcriptions of the medal roll, enlisted Royal Artillery, 1792; initially served in Borthwick's Company before serving as a Bombardier in Gahan's Company, May 1801; discharged 1818. The recipient is not listed on Mullen's published transcription of the MGS roll, but is listed in Vigors and MacFarlane (appearing in the latter's collection).

Provenance: Spink, November 1896
Glendining, February 1963

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Estimate
£700 to £900