I guess I have always wanted one of these and at the Adelaide gun Show today I was able to secure a QSA/KSA pair to 2414 J. WILSON 2ND Coldstream Guards-admittedly it is on lay-by so it will be a couple of months before I get it.
I have checked him out on the roll and sure enough he is entitled to Modder River, Belmont, Paardeburg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Belfast-great result.
But being a retired person with time on my hands I have just been through the roll and found that only 42 rankers received this combination-the only officer who looked promising was discounted on a supplementary roll some pages to the rear of the normal roll.
Of the 42 recipients 6 went on and turned their 7 bar medals into eight bar medals 5 with 01 and 1 with 02. So only 36 combinations like I got today so I am pretty happy.
From my reading of the roll the bar that discounted many six bars from being seven was Paardeberg-it appears it was much scarcer than any other to the Coldstream Guards.
I have checked him out on the roll and sure enough he is entitled to Modder River, Belmont, Paardeburg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Belfast-great result.
But being a retired person with time on my hands I have just been through the roll and found that only 42 rankers received this combination-the only officer who looked promising was discounted on a supplementary roll some pages to the rear of the normal roll.
Of the 42 recipients 6 went on and turned their 7 bar medals into eight bar medals 5 with 01 and 1 with 02. So only 36 combinations like I got today so I am pretty happy.
From my reading of the roll the bar that discounted many six bars from being seven was Paardeberg-it appears it was much scarcer than any other to the Coldstream Guards.