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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 560

A 1936 C.M.G. group of four to awarded to A. C. Barnes, Nairobi Defence Force, later Director of Agriculture, Jamaica

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (10102 Cpl. A. C. Barnes. Nairobi D.F.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine (4)

C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1936.

Arthur Chapman Barnes was educated at Deacon's School, Peterborough and the Municipal College of Technology and Victoria University, Manchester. He entered the Survey Department, East Africa Protectorate, in 1914 and served with the Nairobi Defence Force during the Great War. This unit was only entitled to the British War Medal of which some 385 were issued. His subsequent appointments included Agricultural Chemist, Nigeria, 1923; Asst. Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, 1927; Director of Agriculture, Fiji, 1929; Director of Agriculture and Island Chemist, Jamaica, 1933. He was created C.M.G. in 1936 and became General Manager of the West Indies Sugar Company in 1938.

For his miniature dress Medals, please see Lot 621.

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£550

Starting price
£350