Guest pikemedals Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 i picked up a single bi-lingual victory medal named to E.K.M.S.DU PLESSIS B.B.S. am looking for help on his rank and his unit.please help paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 The only unit I can find with matching initials is: Botha’s Berede Skutters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur R Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 i picked up a single bi-lingual victory medal named to E.K.M.S.DU PLESSIS B.B.S. am looking for help on his rank and his unit.please help paul I'd guess that EKMS stands for 'Eskadron Kwartiermeester Sersant', i.e. Squadron Quartermaster-Sergeant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Botha's Berede Skuters (Mounted Rifles) became (I think) the 9th and 10th Mounted Rifles attached to Southern Force... See here.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/40117/40726.html Is it the same on the vic and war medal? They often have a different unit if he served after German South West Africa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I have the history of it here... You can find Southern Force in there... http://www.kaiserscross.com/41992/home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 thank you so much guys on this one. paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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