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  South African Defence Force Awards

  By Rusty Greaves · Posted 6 minutes ago

  The most recent Liverpool Medals catalogue includes a A rare South African issue Korea War Medal, awarded to J.D.S Snyders of the No 2 Cheetah Fighter Squadron of the South African Air Force.     The description reads:    "Korea War Medal, South African issue, P16322 J.D.S. Snyders.   Officially impressed: “P16322 J.D.S. Snyder”   A very rare award to No. 2 “Cheetah” Squadron, South African Air Force, one of only 797 medals issued, the entire South African Air force present consisted of 243 officers and 545 Other ranks. 23 South African Officers and 15 other ranks from the army also served.   During the war 34 Pilots and two ground crew died and 7 Prisoners of War were returned.   Out of 846 South African present during the war, 797 of them received the medal.   There is a printed medal roll but it has four names missing, this medal is mentioned and confirmed in “Honours, Medals and Awards of the Korean War” by Kevin Ingraham as a man who was entitled but missed off the printed roll.   Kevin writes in his section on the SA Korea back in 1993:   “Further details on the recipients can be found in the South Africa Korea Roll by Colin Owen. This is currently out of print but shows up on dealers lists in the UK. There are 4 names missing from this roll that have since been confirmed. One of these is J.D.S. Snyders, P16322”   The battalion a whole were honoured by the Republic of Korea and also the United States of America with the “Presidential Unit Citation”.   During the war the Squadron flet the F-51 Mustang the famous American Fighter Plane, before they switched over to the new F-86 Sabre Jet Fighters.   The Sabres arrived in January 1953 with the first combat mission being flown in late March 1953. The aircrew and ground crew all had to be sent to Japan first to receive specialist training in Jet Engine Aircraft, fortunately most of the Pilots had flown Vampire Jets back in South Africa before the war, but it was a schooling for the men like Snyders as they studied the Sabre Jet Engines in Japan."    
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  AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE MEDALS

  By Rusty Greaves · Posted 19 minutes ago

  The latest Liverpool Medals catalogue includes a A rare Queen's South African, bars Rhodesia and Relief of Mafeking, earned by Edward Warren, a Trooper of "G" Troop, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers during the Boer War.         The catalogue description reads:  "Queen’s South Africa Medal, 2 bars, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, 476 Trooper Edward Warren, Southern Rhodesian Volunteers.    Officially impressed: “476 Tpr E. Warren. S. Rhod. Vols:”   Confirmed on the medal roll.   The medal roll notes that during the Boer War he served as a Member of “G” Troop, Western Division of the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers.   It also confirms that his medal and the 2 clasps were issued to the Officer Commanding of the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers at Bulawayo on 24th June 1908.   Southern Rhodesia death records records only one matching Edward Warren, a Miner, who came to settle in Rhodesia.   Edward Warren, was born in West Quantoxhead, Somerset, England circa 1870. The son of John and Elizabeth Warren.   He is shown living with his parents during the 1871 and 1881 Census, before disappearing from the local area by 1891. The English Census and later Southern Rhodesia Death Records both match regarding his parents name and origin.   He looks to have come to South Africa during the 1890s period, where many men came to the fledgling state of Rhodesia and South Africa, particularly as there were many Diamond and Gold Rushes going on at the time and your average labourer could maybe strike it big at the mines.   He married Jane Stuart Warren (nee Jeanette, Born Macdonald) in Bulawayo on 22nd February 1930.   By the time of his death on 10th December 1937 he was said to be about 63 years 11 months old and worked as a Miner, living in Eastern Queens.   Eastern Queen’s is particularly known for their Gold Mine, the Queen’s Mine has been operating since around 1893, and even today is still unearthing new Gold in what is now modern day Zimbabwe.   His Will notes a good numbers of shares in various Gold Mines in the area amounting to about £12617 pounds, Nigel Gold Mining Co, East Rand Proprietary Mines, Consolidated Diamond Mines of S.W.A. Ltd etc.   At the time the Rhodesian Pound was pegged to the British Sterling Pound, and accounting for inflation these shares could be worth the modern day equivalent of £700k, not a bad gamble to go to Rhodesia and become a Gold Miner."
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  15 Years NSDAP service

  By landsknechte · Posted 1 hour ago

  I'm not familiar enough with the medal itself to say one way or the other, but I am concerned with it being mounted solo as a medal bar.  The recipients of the 15 year long service were allowed to wear their old 10 year medal along side it.  I'd expect it to be mounted as a pair. 
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  Miniatures of the Middle East & Arab World

  By Rusty Greaves · Posted 2 hours ago

  Below is another variant of the miniature Egyptian Order of the Nile. This example comes from a 20 June, 2024 auction by Livebid in Prague (https://livebid.cz/auction/kinskou_cerven2024/detail/117). The description identifies this medal as having belonged tho the well-known sculptor of the Czech Art Nouveau movement, Ladislav Šaloun (1870-1946). I do not yet know what his connection was to Egypt.     A moderate resolution image of this miniature Order of the Nile. Unfortunately, the body of the medal is not in focus in this photo. The rosette without galon indicates this is the 4th Class Officer form of this mini. I have not seen the long attachment pin on other online examples I have added to this thread. The Livebid description identifies the weight as 3.02 g. The Rivne height of the piece includes the pin to superior margin of the ribbon, 52 mm and the ribbon width is 15 mm.      In-focus phot of this mini Order of Ismail. of note is the nature of the suspension. The immobile ornamented connection attached to the most superior rays of the embellishment is quite uncommon. The other unusual aspect of the suspension is the ring connection of this part to an inferior part of the crown suspension that is not present on most miniature Order of the Nile medals. The only example I have seen on internet examples is the piece illustrated  as the first 2 photos in my 2 April, 2018 post on this thread from a contemporary eBay offering. The embellishment also is uncommon for lacking the relief vertical straight lines in the rayed embellishment separating the facetted rays. That form of the embellishment with the raised solid line rays, with many variations, is very common on the many versions of these minis. In contrast, this mini has recessed flat rays below the relief of the faceted rays. The eBay example in my 2 April, 2018 post may have a similar configuration. Unique to this Livebid piece is the alternating colors of the rays. The facetted embellishment rays are silver, and the flat rays between them are gold (the Livebid description identifies the materials as silver, gilt, and white enamel).      View of the ribbon showing some additional detail of the badge suspension to the crown     Another view of the obverse showing the suspension  configuration.      Low-resolution image of the reverse of this mini. This photo shows details of the reverse of the suspension, the flat reverse of the central boss. and the attachment pin. 
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  15 Years NSDAP service

  By Simon's Silva Rerum · Posted 3 hours ago

  Hello guys,   What do you think about this one? Genuine?