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The difference being the lines on the hand guard of the swords. Windu's has no lines as far as I can see, non visible front or back. Not a major difference, but one all the same
Regards
David
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I truly believe this is a scam....How could Bin Laden be "Buried At Sea" Even the the dumbist navy guy knows that Sh*t floats.......
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Looks like the have the Martini Henry Action Rifle, and the pouch looks large for handcuffs, so I reckon ammo.
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Thanks Arthur, I found the Hendrik Loots doccie and it is interesting, but only seems to do half a job
by not listing recipients. i will seach for newspaper records thats a great idea. I would also
like to sort out the ribbon colour issue that Mervyn has raised. Regards David
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Hi Mervyn, The medal actually has a tan and red ribbon, left side red and tan on the right. The medals were
issued un-named that I have assertained, but what made me think was the Numbered lapel badge. It would make
an interesting research topic. Jo'burg has a medal issued as well, but it seems not to have the "status" of the Pretoria
one. It would be really cool to find one that is attributable. Thanks for info. Regards David
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I have two Great war medals to a Pte GR Nisbet an it came with a pretoria citizens service medal and a small badge saying "981 Returned Soldier"
Is there a medal role for these unofficial medals and would it be possible to find out if Private Nesbit was given this medal and if his returned soldier
number corresponds. Anyone who can help? Regards Strapper
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Totally correct Paul. i think without further ado Kapten_windu should be reduced
to a Non com officer, lets say Corporal. From now on Corporal_windu, stand up
when addressed by a senior officer and do not bring disrupute on this forum
or fellow enlisted men........DISMISSED.......:-) Now that takes me back a bit.
Regards
Strapper
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Other than the GSM and DSM there seem to be more"Specimen" medals or "copy" than real ones.
these unissued medals seem to have become accepted by collectors as time has gone by.
Real manufactures can still make fakes. I think it is important to remember what we as collectors
buy into is not so much the "metal" of a medal, but it's provenance and history. I have alot of Rhodie
Specimins as such, they are reminiscent of a period, but have non of the balls of a real attributable medal or group.
It may be a bit purist, but it is that connection to history, being able to own a part of time
or battles we were never part of.
Now I'm getting way to sentimental about stuff. I'll just shut up and stare at my photo album.
Long live Fort Victoria.
Strapper
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What an absolutley fantastic piece of history. Reminds me why i collect these type of things. The stories, letters and newspaper clippings bring it to life. Thanks for sharing that.
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Thanks Mervyn,
I was looking at images used for De Wet on medals and orders.
He always seems to be shown with riding crop raised. But your right there are a myriad
of Afrikaans societies with badges. It will remain unknown for the time being.
Thanks
David
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Excuse my ignorance about the process, but shouldn't a die be a mirror image of the badge?
Cheers Strapper
PS. Please ignore my comment, I see there are TWO sides on the hat Die. Silly me.......
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Who is This scotsman, or which unit
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I recently bought some slides that were stated as "engineering in the desert" I took some pics
using my window as a light box and then converted them to positive. I found that they
are actually of the building of the Scottish memorial at magersfontein. Wow!
i have two boxes of these, showing natives building and raising sections of the monument.
The final one is shown here and detail will follow. Are these worth anything?
Regards
Strapper
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Just to add to that, I'm thinking the initials are M for mary and G for George
Maybe dropped at celebration of their 25th Wedding. Still being a war on, the red
cross could be there to show their Patrionage of the organization. Still thinking....
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It must be a 25th anniversary reminder. All we need to do is
find out what happened on 6 July 1893, To do with the red cross
possibly British Arm there of. Princess mary was married on 6 July 1893
and supporters of the Red Cross which must have been quite young then.
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Looks like an Original 1914-1918 Red Cross issue Surf Board. Very rare, very rare indeed. 50 years before the beach boys!!
:-)
Dave
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VD? When he got the decoration he probably told everyone the Queen had just given him VD. OOOPs..thats not funny is it.
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Mervyn, I do know about the rules with battlefields and monuments, but the beach?...Drat I'll be digging up tin cans in my own garden.
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Hi Mervyn, sorry it's just my bad sense of humour. Mary Shelley created Frankenstien in her Victorian Novel. She wrote the book. The first name is David and I'm on the East rand in Johannesburg. I never cease to be amazed at the quality and amount of posts you make, not to mention your collection. I'm moving to the eastern Cape next week and have just bought a metal detector...Hoping those Eastern Cape border wars will offer up something of interest. My interests are primarily in South African Militaria, history, but as you know, the more you learn, the more you get interested in.Hope to post some Eastern Cape finds soon, alot of Vetrans retired down there and you find nice medal groups and stuff. Sorry about the attempt at humour. Cheers David
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Hi Mervyn... does Mary Shelley know you've got these...:-)
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Well, it's no wonder the jo'burg war museum is a bit thin on stock. You've got everything avaliable.
When i was a kid i used to dream what i would take from the Museum if I could spend the night there.
I should have been dreaming about your collection...wow. One can only hope that this history and these
items are saved for future generations of South Africans, who like me grew up with an interest in Delville Wood, Rebellion
uitlanders, bittereinders and block houses in the veld.
Many Thanks for letting us see this.
Regards
Strapper
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They look like british medals because they are. The first ones were issued in 1920.
After WW1 the South Africans who fought for the Brits in WW1, but were in the
Boer War against the english, found themselves in the army of the british empire
and on parade with English men who wore Queen South Africa's and KSA.
These chaps fought in the same war but on the boer side, but had no official
medals to show for it. So the union Government of South Africa instituted the ABO
to make former boers in the army feel equal to the british counterparts.
Strangely enough the medals were avaliable in 1941 to the sons and family of Boer
fighters too proud or hateful to take them in 1920. Even stranger is that the present
Government in 1994 ish, issued medals to M'khonto wi sizwe and APLA fighters
who had now joined the SANDF with former white and black adversaries who
had medals fom the Apartheid Government. So now all sides in this unofficial
war can face each other, or stand side by side, wearing medals from the struggle
or border war against terrs. Which ever way you choose to see it.
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Transvaal Police
in Great Britain: Mervyn Mitton's British & Colonial Police Forces
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I remember some police in the Transvaal in the 80's, not "Transvaal Police" and they were nasty pieces of work. A lot thinner than the fatties we have today. You wouldn't want to spent a night at the Rosettenville police station on a friday night, nor Cleveland or Brixton either. :-)