A Post-Second World War campaign and long service medal pair: Staff Sergeant Major Harry Kenneth Barber, Royal Army Pay Corps late 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

- GSM 1918-62. GVI 1st issue 'Palestine 1945-48' & 'Cyprus' (2671136 Gdsm. H. Barber. Coldm. Gds.)
- Military LS&GC. EIIR 2nd issue with 'Regular Army' bar (2671136 W.O. Cl. 2. H. K. Barker. RAPC.) 

The upper clasp on the GSM attached by the customary silver rod - as issued. Note surname on LS&GC is shown wrongly as 'Barker' (sic) exactly as issued, and never subsequently returned for correction

Post-war, both 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Coldstream Guards served in the Palestine Mandate with 1st Guards Brigade 

Medals & Clasps Verification: Medal rolls for post 1947 campaign and long service are not currently accessible in the public domain. However, both medals and clasps are confirmed as entitled per the cited sources below:

- General Service Medal 1918-62. GVI issue & clasp 'Palestine 1945-48': WO 100/526
- GSM 1918-2 clasp for 'Cyprus': Served DPO Cyprus August 1958 with rank Sergeant
- Military LS&GC. EIIR 2nd issue with 'Regular Army' bar: Army Order 66 of 1965

Harry Kenneth Barber was born in Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, 31 December 1928. He was the son of a serving soldier in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment, and attested initially for the Coldstream Guards. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps, 26 May 1949, and was advanced Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, 5 October 1963. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 66 of 1965, ands was promoted to his ultimate rank of Staff Sergeant Major on 1 April 1968. He was discharged on 30 December 1968, and died in Portsmouth, England, 15 September 1997

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as worn by the recipient. The medal ribands suspended from a white metal mounting bar which latter retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Sold together with some hard-copy research

Condition: Toned VF

Code: 25857