medal speak bar vs clasp. Well I think they are, but there is an occasion when a man gets a Mentioned in despatches and puts a little rose on the ribbon when he wears the rows of decorations in uniform (rudely called a chest of fruit salad) So is THAT a clasp and the others bars which only are shown on the medal+ribbon worn as the veterans do now on commemoration parades, Anzac day, Armistice day etc. Pat -----Original Message----- From: David Parkes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 14 July 2003 04:02 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Boer War: GB Medals - Follow-Up Questions >David Humphry wrote: > >> QSA clasps could be issued either for specific battles >> or sub-campaigns or or more general service. > >Silly question time: in medal-speak, is a clasp the same >as a bar? i.e. the small metallic stip which lies >horizontally above the medal itself? > >I have heard/seen that the clasps/bars also have the >dates on them of the respective campaign, yet my GGF's >QSA medal does not - it just lists the three campaigns >[Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State]. Why is >that some QSA medals have dates and mine does not? > >Finally, as my GGF went onto serve in WWI as a member >of the Military Mounted Police [MMPs], where would >his Boer War service records lie? In the Boer War >"section" or "bundled" with his records from WWI? Any >thoughts? > >Many thanks for the detailed responses and assistance. > >Cheers, >Parkesy > >===== >E-mail: [email protected] [H] > [email protected] [W] > >AOL IM: smethwickman > >Phone: (972) 731-9243 [H] | (972) 528-2913 [W] > (469) 337-6986 [M] | (928) 244-2565 [F] > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! >http://sbc.yahoo.com > > >==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== >Boer War Links >http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarLinks.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >