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