The prefix on WWII South Africian medals

[Brian Wolfe]

Hello Everyone,

There have been some questions posed before regarding the prefix on the regimental numbers on South African medals of WWII but I would like to go over this again since we have a good number of members from that country.

In my collection I have the following prefixes which are listed below with what I believe they are indicating. I would appreciate any comments as to whether I am correct or not. I will be posting this area of my collection at a later date.

N = Native. The madal I have is named to a fellow I believe to be a member of the Zulu Nation.

C = Cape Corps. This indicates a person of "mixed" colour or would it perhaps also be to non-blacks such as Indians?

F = Female.

W = Women's Auxiliary Army Service. The "F" and "W" prefix identifications were provided by the sellers of these medals.

No prefix = Indicates a white person.

I hope that I have not strayed outside the bounds of political correctness in any of the abouve terminology.

Your help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

Regards

Brian

[NPGilbert]

There have been some questions posed before regarding the prefix on the regimental numbers on South African medals of WWII but I would like to go over this again since we have a good number of members from that country.

In my collection I have the following prefixes which are listed below with what I believe they are indicating. I would appreciate any comments as to whether I am correct or not. I will be posting this area of my collection at a later date.

N = Native. The madal I have is named to a fellow I believe to be a member of the Zulu Nation.

C = Cape Corps. This indicates a person of "mixed" colour or would it perhaps also be to non-blacks such as Indians?

F = Female.

W = Women's Auxiliary Army Service. The "F" and "W" prefix identifications were provided by the sellers of these medals.

No prefix = Indicates a white person.

Regards

Brian

Hi Brian

You have them quite right except C= Coloured but your explanation is correct.

You also get M= Malay which is closer to the Indians.

Regards

Norman

[Brian Wolfe]

Hi Brian

You have them quite right except C= Coloured but your explanation is correct.

You also get M= Malay which is closer to the Indians.

Regards

Norman

Thanks Norman.

Now I have something else to watch for, the "M" prefix.

Regards

Brian