Hi Listers, what is the difference between the"South African medal" Kings South African medal" and "Queens South African medal"please.Can anyone enlighten me, cheers Colin White

Hi Colin - Basically the Queen's South Africa Medal (QSA) was awarded to all troops on the British side who served in South Africa or Rhodesia between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902. Most medals had one or more 'battle', state' or 'date' clasps but some were issued without clasps. There were 26 clasps in total but 9 is the most that could be on a single medal as some clasps were mutually exclusive or covered actions which took place at the same time in different parts of SA. Up to 6 clasps are fairly common, 7 are fairly scarce, 8 very scarce and 9 rare. Among those who received the QSA without any clasps are many locally raised troops including most Town Guards, District Mounted Troops, etc., nurses, men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who served in South African waters but not ashore and soldiers who guarded Boer prisoners on St Helena. The King's South Africa Medal was awarded to those who served a minimum of 18 months in SA between the above mentioned dates and served into 1902. Most KSAs had the clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 although a small percentage of men with split service in SA who met the above criteria without serving there during any part of 1901 received the 1902 clasp only. Nurses were awarded the KSA without any clasps. The point to bear in mind is that a QSA could be (and often was) awarded on its own but a KSA could not be awarded without a QSA. A man who served in 1901 and/or 1902 but didn't qualify for a KSA received the date clasp(s) on his QSA. Quite a number of men served in SA after the death of Victoria (January 1901) but received the QSA only. As an example of an extreme case, some men of the Imperial Yeomanry landed in Cape Town a couple of days before the end of the war and saw no action but still received a QSA with clasps Cape Colony and South Africa 1902. Their colleagues who landed a few days later received nothing. Regards, David Albertcolin@aol.com wrote: Hi Listers, what is the difference between the"South African medal" Kings South African medal" and "Queens South African medal"please.Can anyone enlighten me, cheers Colin White --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail

The Queens was awarded to those serving in SA before Queen Victoria's death 1901.. The King's was issued to those who were still there and those who enlisted from King Edward VII accession to the end.Tthere are excellent web sites which will give descriptions of medals and ribbons.Try google Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <Albertcolin@aol.com> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:10 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] boer war medals > Hi Listers, what is the difference between the"South African medal" Kings > South African medal" and "Queens South African medal"please.Can anyone > enlighten > me, cheers Colin White > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War Reading > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarReading.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 6/01/2006 > >