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Presentation Poster/Certificate to Bucks I. Y. - by: JustinLDavies
Good morning all, has anyone come across one of these posters/certificates before? A new one for me. Best wishes, Justin
View ArticleBoer Prisoner Numbers - Isaac / Izaac Joubert - by: jtalbot0001
Hi, I was researching a Boer Prisoner, Isaac S Joubert. I see two names that this could be according to the site, 1. Joubert Izaac Stefanus Smit - Prisoner number: 25873 2. Joubert Isaac Stefanus Smit...
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TIMOTHY MULLANE , RN - More of his Story - by: Baden Powell
A recent medal trade brought a number of medals into my hands. Most would not be a proper subject for this Forum, but one is. A two clasp QSA to AB TIMOTHY MULLANE , RN, HMS DORIS. The only paperwork...
View ArticleQueen's Scarf and Medals...... - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone....... Spink's Auction is now on line....... www.spink.com/auction.aspx?id=17002 Lot 156 is the Queen's Scarf and Medals of Lt. Col. William Thomas Colcough..... It is the last...
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Medals and ephemera to the ill-fated 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry - by:...
There is no better place to start than with the medals to the Commanding Officer of the ill-fated 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry - 45th (Irish Hunt), 46th (Belfast), 47th (Duke of Cambridge's Own)...
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Lord Strathcona's Horse Medal on Ebay - by: QSAMIKE
Good Evening Everyone........ Just found a previously un-known QSA to Lord Strathcona's Horse on ebay...... Regretfully the bars are missing and from the pictures it looks like the dates have been...
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David Sparks - Mayor of Ladysmith - by: djb
David Sparks was chairman of Ladysmith Town Council from 1890-1894 and from 1897-1898. In 1899 Ladysmith was proclaimed a Borough and elected its first Mayor. Sparks served as Mayor from 1902-1904 and...
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The Indian Contingent - by: David Grant
The Corps of Guides This bronze QSA was my find of last year and it was found locally. The naming is indistinct but "Corps" and "Guides" as well as the prenominal number "35" can be seen with a glass....
View ArticleQSAs with clasp Elandslaagte - by: elandslaagte
Hi All I am a collector of Q.S.A medals . I have always had a passion to collect medals with the Elandslaagte clasp/s. Like most collectors when starting, you collect any QSA , as time goes you tend to...
View ArticleUnusual medal combinations that include a QSA - by: JustinLDavies
Good afternoon, The thread on 'hensoppers and joiners' and the rare double award of a QSA and ABO made me wonder what other unusual medal combinations there were connected to the Boer War. One,...
View ArticleKaplan Auctions - by: djb
Michael Kaplan has released the details for auction 63, on 15 May 13. There is a very good selection of single QSAs listed: P036 Disk only converted into a brooch pin to Pte A.W. DURHEIM Green River...
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Boer Five Pound note - by: Brianc
Hi All Amongst other items acquired over the years was this Vijf Pond Boer note. It had been handed in at Vryheid a few years after the end of the war. On the reverse is the following: Submitted to...
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QSAs with clasp Defence of Kimberley - by: djb
The Defence clasps add a certain something to the QSA so I thought they were long overdue for their own page on the forum. Here's the first of the three, the Defence of Kimberley: Pair to Pte J T...
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Defence of Ladysmith - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Defence of Ladysmith" will be granted to all troops in Ladysmith between November 3rd, 1899, and February 28th, 1900, both dates inclusive.
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MM and QSA combinations - by: djb
I have been pondering approximately (very approximately as you'll see) how many QSA and Military Medals combinations there are. The answer is out there but it will take some time to determine it, so in...
View ArticleWessels, Cornelis Jacob. Kaptein - by: djb
Served: Heilbron. Also served in the Heidelberg Commando.
View ArticleSwanepoel, H J. Burger - by: djb
Two men with these initials: Hendrik Jacobus. Served: Potchefstroom. Hendrik Jozias. Served: Wakkerstroom.
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