1905 Amateur Golf Championship 22ct gold First medal at Prestwick, awarded to Brigadier A.G Barry C.B.E. D.S.O. M.C., quatrefoil lobed form with ring loop, obverse with a golfer taking a swing, inscribed AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, reverse with laurel wreath engraved FIRST A.G. BARRY 1905, hallmarked 22ct by Mackay & Chisholm Edinburgh, 4.5 by 4.5cm, 58gr.; sold together with a scrap album of photographs and press cuttings, (2) Brigadier A.G. Barry C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (1885-1942) a professional solider & English amateur golfer who won the coveted Amateur Championship title in 1905 & the Army Championship on two occasions in 1922 & 1925. Barry was born in Torpoint, Cornwall on 6th September 1885 & at 19 years was studying at the University of St Andrews when he won the Amateur Championship in 1905 at Prestwick, defeating Osmund Scott. At 18 years he won the R & A Gold medal & in 1905 he capped a memorable year by winning the King William IV medal of the R & A. He studied at Cambridge University playing against Oxford in 1906 & 1907. In 1914 he studied at Oxford, playing against his former university Cambridge. He represented England against Scotland in the annual amateur international in 1906 & 1907. His army career gained him the M.C during the great War and the D.S.O in 1919. In 1935 he was promoted to Lt. Col and in 1938 to Colonel. Brigadier Barry resided at The Wynd in St Andrews, suffering from bad health and force to stand down his army position and died aged 56 years in 1942.
£4,000 - £5,000
1905 Amateur Golf Championship 22ct gold First medal at Prestwick, awarded to Brigadier A.G Barry C.B.E. D.S.O. M.C., quatrefoil lobed form with ring loop, obverse with a golfer taking a swing, inscribed AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, reverse with laurel wreath engraved FIRST A.G. BARRY 1905, hallmarked 22ct by Mackay & Chisholm Edinburgh, 4.5 by 4.5cm, 58gr.; sold together with a scrap album of photographs and press cuttings, (2) Brigadier A.G. Barry C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (1885-1942) a professional solider & English amateur golfer who won the coveted Amateur Championship title in 1905 & the Army Championship on two occasions in 1922 & 1925. Barry was born in Torpoint, Cornwall on 6th September 1885 & at 19 years was studying at the University of St Andrews when he won the Amateur Championship in 1905 at Prestwick, defeating Osmund Scott. At 18 years he won the R & A Gold medal & in 1905 he capped a memorable year by winning the King William IV medal of the R & A. He studied at Cambridge University playing against Oxford in 1906 & 1907. In 1914 he studied at Oxford, playing against his former university Cambridge. He represented England against Scotland in the annual amateur international in 1906 & 1907. His army career gained him the M.C during the great War and the D.S.O in 1919. In 1935 he was promoted to Lt. Col and in 1938 to Colonel. Brigadier Barry resided at The Wynd in St Andrews, suffering from bad health and force to stand down his army position and died aged 56 years in 1942.