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CLOSING DATE:<br />
20 DECEMBER 2013<br />
17H00 RSA<br />
POSTAL<br />
<strong>Medal</strong><br />
AUCTION<br />
64
GROUND FLOOR<br />
TULBAGH CENTRE<br />
RYK TULBAGH<br />
SQUARE<br />
FORESHORE<br />
CAPE TOWN, 8001<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
TEL: +27 21 425 2639<br />
FAX: +27 21 425 3939<br />
auctions@citycoins.co.za<br />
CATALOGUE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
ELECTRONICALLY<br />
ON OUR WEBSITE<br />
www.citycoins.com<br />
P.O. BOX 156<br />
SEA POINT<br />
8060<br />
CAPE TOWN<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
GENERAL INDEX<br />
PAGE<br />
PREFACE ................................................................................................................ 2<br />
ALPHABETICAL INDEX ................................................................................... 123<br />
BIDDING GUIDELINES ...................................................................................... 129<br />
CONDITIONS OF SALE ..................................................................................... 130<br />
I. THE ROBIN PELTERET COLLECTION<br />
INDEX .................................................................................................................... 4<br />
ARTICLE by ROBIN PELTERET<br />
“NUMISMATICS AND I” ...................................................................................<br />
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II.<br />
PROPERTIES FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS<br />
INDEX .................................................................................................................... 38<br />
ARTICLE by WILLIAM DE VILLIERS<br />
“I DON’T COLLECT MEDALS” ........................................................................<br />
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III.<br />
THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT WATSON GRICE<br />
INDEX .................................................................................................................... 88<br />
OBITUARY ........................................................................................................... 89<br />
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PREFACE<br />
Dear Collecting Friend<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s, <strong>Medal</strong>s and more <strong>Medal</strong>s! Here at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> the <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Medal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong>s seem to<br />
get bigger and better. We are indeed pleased to offer an outstanding cross section of military<br />
medals and various items principally relating to South Africa.<br />
<strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Medal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> No. 64 has been set out under three sections.<br />
SECTION I. THE ROBIN PELTERET COLLECTION<br />
SECTION II. PROPERTIES FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS<br />
SECTION III. THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT GRICE<br />
SECTION I. Robin Pelteret’s competence as a genealogical researcher is well known. We<br />
urge all collectors to refer to his website: www.pelteret.co.za. for further research details on<br />
the medals now offered for sale. Collectors will grasp a better understanding of the<br />
enjoyment and fulfilment that genealogical research can add to the hobby of medal<br />
collecting. Some of the medals and medal groups in his collection were professionally<br />
framed. They were photographed and are available for viewing on the <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Medal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong><br />
section of our website: www.citycoins.com. These framed pictures are noted in the <strong>Auction</strong><br />
catalogue by the respective lot as “FRAMED” and will be delivered to the successful bidder at<br />
any destination in South Africa, courtesy of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong>.<br />
The Pelteret collection opens up with the fine CMG group LOT 1: awarded to John Emrys<br />
Evans who was financial adviser to Lord Roberts. The following lots are of considerable<br />
interest. LOT 10: Mr Pearce, an Army Scripture Reader; LOT 15: Pte. Collins of the St.<br />
Helena Volunteer Sharpshooters.<br />
Kimberley collectors will note the rare example of the suppressed Kimberley medal (the<br />
forerunner to the well-known Mayor’s Star) listed under LOT 27.<br />
The sub-section of the Robin Pelteret collection, titled “Medical, Nursing and Veterinarian<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s” reflects his profound interest in medals with a medical theme. There are 44 lots in<br />
this section, with numerous outstanding items, notably LOT 40: Leader Manikum Royeppen<br />
of Mahatma Gandhi’s Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance; LOT 45: Orderly Thomson of the<br />
Scottish Hospital; LOT 60: the group awarded to Captain/Surgeon Hunter of Koffiefontein<br />
and LOT 63: the group awarded to Nursing Sister Bertha Cornell. These groups warrant<br />
special mention. Of interest too are LOTS 65 and 66 being the medals of the Burt brothers of<br />
Langman’s Hospital. Robin Pelteret’s deep interest in the International Boy Scout<br />
movement is reflected in LOT 76, the group awarded to L. Ryden and LOT 77: the Boy<br />
Scouts Gallantry Cross to J.H. Murray.<br />
SECTION II. <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> has been favoured by a contribution from the well-known Cape<br />
Town collector, Advocate William de Villiers. We recommend all readers of this catalogue<br />
to take note of his article titled “I don’t collect medals”. His article was specially drafted for<br />
the catalogue and we thank him for this. William is a member of the Cape Town <strong>Medal</strong><br />
Group and his own personal medal collecting story is an apt reminder that every medal has a<br />
unique story.<br />
We also wish to congratulate him on the recent sanctioning of his appointment as a Knight<br />
of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem by Queen Elizabeth II.<br />
There are some remarkable gallantry groups in this section. LOT 97: comprising the double<br />
DFC (British with bar and American) awarded to the South African Colonel “Rosy” du Toit<br />
will excite the specialist Air Force collector as will LOT 99: the exceptional Military Cross<br />
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group awarded to Captain John Clisdal. He was one of the very first group of ten trainee<br />
South African pilots in 1913. Further groups include the fine Tobruk POW Military Cross<br />
Group LOT 100: awarded to Captain Mervyn Mayne of the Umvoti Mounted Rifles; LOT<br />
101: First <strong>City</strong>/Cape Town Highlanders Military <strong>Medal</strong> and Bar group awarded to Alfred<br />
Preston for his repeated Gallantry in Italy with the 6 th South African Armoured Division.<br />
LOT 102: a rare “Certificate of Regimental Testimony of Gallantry” awarded to Henry<br />
Sherman of the 1 st South African Infantry for his good work as a runner during the attack on<br />
the Butte de Warlencourt in October 1916 is included with his Military <strong>Medal</strong> and campaign<br />
medals.<br />
De la Rey, De la Rey, De la Rey! You probably have heard the popular song about “Die<br />
Leeu van die Wes Transvaal”. Turn to LOT 103 and you can read more about the life of this<br />
truly great South African General. His group of medals include the Dekoratie voor Trouwe<br />
Dienst, Anglo-Boere Oorlog <strong>Medal</strong>je and Lint voor Wonden as well as the 1910 Union of<br />
South Africa Commemoration medal.<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Medal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> 64 offers a rare moment in time to acquire the historical<br />
medals awarded to General J.H. De la Rey.<br />
The remainder of Section II includes a good array of campaign medals with more than 50<br />
QSA medals being listed. Campaign medal groups for WWI and WWII are well described.<br />
As a first for <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> and the South African medal collecting fraternity a choice offering<br />
of Boer War Carved Commemorative Smoking Pipes LOTS 118–131, as well as an<br />
interesting selection of mainly South African Sweetheart Badges LOTS 237-298 are included.<br />
The variety of pipes and Sweetheart brooches are seldom seen on <strong>Auction</strong> in South Africa.<br />
A single bid for all the pipes will be considered as well as a single bid for all the Sweetheart<br />
badges. Collectors of the elusive Boer War Tribute <strong>Medal</strong>s will note LOTS 208, 299-302.<br />
SECTION III features the varied collection of medals formed by the late Robert Grice. His<br />
son, Major Kelvin Grice wrote the Obituary. This collection includes an extensive selection<br />
of WWI and WWII medals. Several Long Service groups are also offered as are a number of<br />
the more modern Republic medals. There are however a couple of absolute gems. The first<br />
is LOT 306: the MC group to Major Henderson; LOT 308: the Military <strong>Medal</strong> awarded to<br />
Alexander Estment who accompanied William Faulds in rescuing Lt. Craig during the Battle<br />
of Delville Wood. Faulds was of course famously awarded the Victoria Cross for this<br />
rescue. Similarly the fine WWI Military <strong>Medal</strong> group awarded to Albert Sjoberg of the 2 nd<br />
S.A.I. is listed under LOT 309.<br />
Here is a catalogue which should appeal to all. Both the experienced and novice collector<br />
are going to find items of interest and will surely be intrigued at the variety of medals and<br />
medal groups offered throughout the catalogue. We urge you to make the most of this<br />
<strong>Auction</strong>. Bid with confidence. Collectors interested in a number of items but faced with a<br />
budget should specify the overall limit. List your bids in order of priority and alternatives as<br />
widely as possible in the secure knowledge that the <strong>Auction</strong>eer will personally address your<br />
bid sheet to your best advantage. Refer to the Bidding Guidelines on page 129 and feel free<br />
to contact us in the event of any queries. We recommend that you fax or email your bids. If<br />
you mail your bids take into account possible postal delays due to the Christmas Season.<br />
As the Festive Season approaches all of us at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> wish you and your family a Blessed<br />
Christmas and a Good New Year.<br />
NATALIE JAFFE ROB MITCHELL JOHAN LOUW<br />
November 2013<br />
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ARTICLE by ROBIN PELTERET<br />
“NUMISMATICS AND I”................................................................................<br />
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LOTS<br />
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS ................................................................... 1<br />
THE BOER REPUBLICS ............................................................................. 2 – 8<br />
CAMPAIGN MEDALS .................................................................................... 9 – 31<br />
MEDICAL, NURSING AND VETERINARIAN MEDALS (pages 15-31) ... 32 – 75<br />
BOY SCOUTS; ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY; BOYS BRIGADE............. 76 – 80<br />
WORLD WAR II............................................................................................... 81 – 85<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS ................................... 86<br />
ANGLO-BOER WAR MEDALLIONS ........................................................... 87 – 90<br />
MISCELLANEOUS .......................................................................................... 91 – 96<br />
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NUMISMATICS AND I<br />
by Robin Pelteret<br />
One of the contagions I inherited from my mother was the “collecting bug”. As many will attest,<br />
collecting is rarely driven by avarice, can easily bankrupt, often is quite self-indulgent, and brings with<br />
it nuances which are impossible adequately to explain to “outsiders” or often comprehend oneself.<br />
I don’t well recall how I fell into collecting medals. I suspect it suggested itself as a natural progression<br />
from exploring the battlefields of the Second Anglo-Boer War, the stamps of the Oranje Vrij Staat and<br />
that piece of choreography, the Siege of Mafeking. I do recall that a visit to Colin Owen and his wife<br />
Helga whet my appetite and suggested a sub-discipline within the hobby; that Gordon Bickley pointed<br />
me at Alec Kaplan, Natalie Jaffe and Les Rosenbaum; and 15 years of learning followed. Though, for<br />
the most part, my collecting reflects themes, I have often strayed from the straight and narrow, tempted<br />
by the whimsical, the unexplained or the ambiguous. Tony Robinson (The Independent 5 July 2005)<br />
said the following “I love history … the narrative side of history … I am passionate about ordinary<br />
people because that is the stock I have come from”. For the most part, I, too, have not focussed on<br />
rehashing those parts of history already well known, or commenting on the self-promoting and famous,<br />
but have paused and pondered on the ordinary folk without whom much would never have happened,<br />
and yet few if any remember.<br />
I am fortunate in having had intelligent parents, a sound education, and the opportunity and resources to<br />
conduct multi-disciplinary research successfully. It is of great satisfaction to me that my activities spent<br />
on a case over many months and even years frequently have culminated in a reaffirmation of the worth<br />
to humanity of those who, once acknowledged, have long-since passed on and are forgotten.<br />
The articles I wrote for my own pleasure, and have been the outcome of thousands of hours immersed in<br />
hushed, spectral companionship; or meandering through dusty archival records, basement-housed books<br />
and latterly the world-wide web; often pondering the complexities of archival cataloguing, or just<br />
simply the nature of the human condition.<br />
As with my other interests, medal collecting has generated a vibrant and often absorbing<br />
correspondence with many agreeable people from all around the world. I have been exposed to some<br />
fascinating (frequently “off the record”) personal stories, often extraordinarily complex in nature and<br />
steeped in pathos. The indulgence of my family and particularly my wife and travelling companion,<br />
Denise, and eldest son, Marc, always has been valued beyond measure.<br />
Years ago, Natalie Jaffe predicted that I should never have a great medal collection as I spread myself<br />
(for which read “budget”) too thin. She, of course, was right. But, as in the case of my profession, I<br />
have had a very rich life for, as a generalist with a multiplicity of interests, I have learnt a great deal<br />
about matters which, if I had specialised, would otherwise have passed me by unnoticed.<br />
I have been blessed.<br />
ROBIN PELTERET<br />
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA<br />
NOVEMBER 2013<br />
Copyright<br />
ROBIN PELTERET:<br />
He is a medical doctor by profession with a background of paediatrics, community health, healthcare<br />
management and business development. His many interests include an eclectic collection of music and art<br />
works; a reference library largely devoted to Afrikaner and Botanical publications; and a number of specialist<br />
philatelic and postal history collections He has an extensive experience in genealogical research. Over the<br />
years, these interests have prompted him and his wife to visit many of unusual places both in South Africa and<br />
Europe.<br />
He detests competitive exhibitions of material, and has rarely succumbed to the temptation to participate in<br />
such. He was awarded the Walter Bergman Floating Trophy for Numismatic Endeavour by the South African<br />
Numismatic Society in 2003. He publishes most of that which he researches on his family website so that<br />
others may have free access to the fruits of his curiosity.<br />
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ORDERS & DECORATIONS<br />
Singles & Groups<br />
1. Trio – Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of EF 22.000 – 30.000<br />
St. Michael and St. George Breast Badge (CMG); QSA no bar: E. Evans Esq.;<br />
Union of South Africa Commemoration <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed as issued<br />
John Emrys Evans was born on 18 August 1853, at Bron y Berllan near Abergele, Denbighshire,<br />
North Wales. He was educated at the High School, Liverpool Institute and the Denbigh Grammar<br />
School. He commenced his career in banking at the National Provincial Bank of England,<br />
Amlwch, Anglesey, in 1870.<br />
In 1882, he arrived in South Africa and started as an inspector in the Standard Bank of South<br />
Africa, Ltd. In 1897, he was appointed British Vice-Consul for the Witwatersrand Gold Fields.<br />
This position he held until the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War on 11 th October, 1899.<br />
At the outbreak of hostilities, he became financial advisor to Lord Milner; and from March to June<br />
1900, he was appointed financial adviser in Bloemfontein to Lord Roberts, Commander-in–Chief.<br />
In August 1900, he was made Controller of the Treasury, Transvaal; and from April, 1901, he<br />
officiated as Auditor General, resigning from that office on the 31 st December, 1901.<br />
From 1902, he went into business in Johannesburg as a financial advisor. In 1907 he was elected<br />
Unionist member of the Transvaal legislature for Langlaagte. He became Vice Chairman of the<br />
National Bank of South Africa Ltd; a Director of the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment<br />
Company and a Board Member of various charitable and financial organisations in the Transvaal.<br />
He died in November 1931. His funeral service was held on 20 November at St. George’s<br />
Cathedral, Cape Town and he was buried in Plumstead Cemetery.<br />
From the late 19 th century onwards, the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George was<br />
used to be awarded to ambassadors, colonial governors and senior diplomats. Evans received his in<br />
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1902 in recognition of his services as British Vice-Consul for the Witwatersrand Goldfields from<br />
1897 until the outbreak of war in October 1899. The QSA was earned when he was Financial<br />
Advisor to Lords Milner and Roberts. He received the Union of South Africa Commemorative<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>, 1910, Progressive Member for Langlaagte in the last Legislative Assembly for the<br />
Transvaal.<br />
Sold with biographical essay; numerous extracts from contemporary documents; medal roll WO<br />
100/301; Supplement to LG 26 June 1902.<br />
THE BOER REPUBLICS<br />
Singles and Groups<br />
2. Trio– Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst (DTD); EF 20.000 – 25.000<br />
Anglo-Boere Oorlog (ABO) Veldkornet D.P. Marais; Lint voor Wonden<br />
Daniel Petrus Marais joined the Pretoria Commando under General Schoeman on 25 October<br />
1899. He participated in the following skirmishes or battles: 30 October 1899 near Colesberg under<br />
General Schoeman; Sandrivier, Oranje Vrijstaat under General Bouwer; Kliprivier near<br />
Klerksdorp under General Erasmus; Slag van Donkerhoek, 11-12 June 1900 under General<br />
Liebenberg; Slag van Frederikstad near Potchefstroom, 20-25 September 1900 under General<br />
Liebenberg.<br />
Veldkornet Daniel Petrus Marais was wounded in both shoulders and an arm, and captured on 25<br />
September 1900 at Frederikstad. He was treated by a British doctor and taken as a POW to St.<br />
Helena where he stayed until after the armistice.<br />
Marais died on 26 January 1928. He is buried in the Old Cemetery, Lady Grey, Eastern Cape,<br />
South Africa. According to the Death Register, he was 53 years old when he died. The Death<br />
Register comments as follows: "Deur Blits getref op straat. Hy was stokdoof en laat na vrou en<br />
kinders." Sold with essay including family tree; full documentation; forms “A”;”B”; “C”.<br />
Anglo-Boere Oorlog (ABO)<br />
3. – Burger J.F. Beytell EF 2.300 – 3.000<br />
Johannes Frederik Beytell was born in the Cape Colony circa August 1857 (s.o. Jacobus<br />
Frederick Beytell, a Hollander, who died in Pretoria and Maria Elizabeth Jordaan who died in<br />
Bronkhorstspruit).<br />
He was a member of Kruger’s Johannesburg Rydende Politie (Z.A.R.P.) and saw service in<br />
Ladysmith ("Lydie smith"), Natal and the Cape Colony ("Co1one Eng") under General de la Rey<br />
(see LOT 103). At the age of 32, on 24 August 1900, he was captured whilst a member of the<br />
Johannesburg Field Cornetcy, his commandant being G.M.J. van Dam. Prisoner No. 12413 was<br />
transported aboard the Ranee II to the Diyatalawa Concentration Camp, Ceylon arriving on 6<br />
October 1900.He was awarded the ABO on 24 October 1924, the application signed by<br />
Commandant G.M.J. van Dam, founder and commanding officer of the ZARPs.<br />
Beytell was a farmer in the Standerton district at the time of his death on 29 July 1929<br />
(Ref: TAB MHG 69827). He was married to Johanna Carolina Wilhelmina Viljoen. They had six<br />
children: Andries Gottlieb, Johannes Arnoldus, Anna Magdalena, Maria Eliza, Jacobus Frederick<br />
and Frederick Jordaan. `<br />
Sold with application signed by Commandant G.M.J. van Dam, founder and Commanding Officer<br />
of the Z.A.R.P.; copy of the Concentration Camp roll (Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon).<br />
4. – Burg. F.J. Erasmus VF 2.000 – 2.750<br />
Frederick Jacobus Erasmus of the Lichtenburg Commando was present at the Sieges of<br />
Mafeking and Kimberley and taken prisoner in 1901.<br />
Entries 30655 and 30656 in the Prisoner-of-War list two men of these names, though only one<br />
person with this name is recorded in the Die <strong>Medal</strong>jerol by D.R. Forsyth (1976).<br />
They were age 58 and 30 years old respectively (thought probably to have been father and son),<br />
both captured in July 1901 at Rustenburg and interned in India in March 1902.<br />
Sold with essay; appropriate documentation including National Archives of South Africa<br />
Database; POW at Cape; Natal Register; Form “B”.<br />
5. – Burger J.C. Esterhuizen EF 2.000 – 2.750<br />
Jan Christoffel Esterhuizen was a Cape rebel from Zaksdrift, Griekwastad (Griquatown). He was<br />
in the Griekwastad Kommando from 1 August 1901 until 30 May 1902, active in the following<br />
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skirmishes: Doornfontein, Groenvlei and around Griekwastad.The following appears in Shearing<br />
(2004): “J.J. van Broekhuizen from the Winburg Commando stated later that the Free State<br />
forces were invited to come into the Hay district by Ockert Jacobus van Rensburg (Griquatown),<br />
Frans Badenhorst, (Badenhorstfontein), Jan Christoffel Esterhuizen (Zaksdrift), Philip Snyman<br />
(Nek) and some others. Jacobus Andries Jooste of Matsap was elected commandant. All rebels<br />
bore arms with the Free Staters and Transvalers of their own free will, said Broekhuizen”.<br />
Esterhuizen joined the Boer forces under P.J. de Villiers in August 1901.<br />
“Among the 2.000 rebels raised in Griqualand West, Petrus Jacobus de Villiers (Ou Hartjie) of<br />
Egmont, Herbert, later promoted to General, became the foremost fighter” (Shearing).<br />
Esterhuizen was awarded the ABO in February 1939. Confirmed in medal roll by D.R. Forsyth,<br />
1976. Sold with essay; appropriate documentation including National Archives of South Africa<br />
database; POW at Cape and Natal register; Form “B”.<br />
FRAMED<br />
6. – Burger J.P.C. Gildenhuys VF 2.000 – 2.500<br />
Jacobus Petrus Cornelis Gildenhuys was born in Ficksburg, Oranje Vrij Staat. Currently, his<br />
parents are unknown. He died 18 January 1962. He was married in Winburg to Hester Petronella<br />
Jordaan. They had five children: Hans Jacob, Hester Petronella (married Briedenhann), Maria<br />
Elizabet (married Kunz), Johannes Jacobus and Joan Petra (married Wagner).<br />
During the Anglo-Boer War, from June 1900 until the cessation of fighting, he was a member of<br />
the Winburg Commando. He states that he was active at the following skirmishes:<br />
“Zantrivier, Rooikrans, Zuiringkrans, Makwartelingnek, Comandenek, Witkop, Rietvolsberg en<br />
Moderpoort”.<br />
He was awarded the ABO in March 1947, the application being signed by General Christoffel<br />
Froneman (Senekal), Commandants Jan Maree (Winburg) and Koos Vermaak (Brandfort), his<br />
former commanders in the field. Sold with essay, appropriate documentation.<br />
Skimmed, officially re-impressed.<br />
7. – Burger J.P. de W. Keet EF 2.000 – 2.500<br />
Jacobus Petrus de Wet Keet born circa June 1882 in Tulbagh, Cape Colony (the son of Gysbert<br />
Jacobus Keet and Aletta Susanna Jordaan). He was a teacher by profession and did Boer War<br />
service in the Potchefstroom Commando (Onder Schoonspruit Ward). He married first<br />
Herculina Johanna formerly Engelbrecht née Meyer. There were no offspring.<br />
Later he married Johanna Elizabeth Jacoba van Zyl. She was born in the Heidelberg district circa<br />
November 1889 (the do. Frederick Jacobus Albertus van Zyl and Hester Christina Elizabeth). The<br />
couple were married in Greylingstad on 20 December 1910.<br />
They had four children: Hester Christina Elizabeth (married Rogers), Gysbert Jacobus, Frederick<br />
van Zyl (b. 1918), Victor Jacobus (b. 21.3.1922). She died in 1937. Jacobus Petrus de Wet Keet<br />
died 7 May 1946. Sold with essay; confirmed in medal roll Forsyth, D.R. 1976. FRAMED<br />
8. – Burger J.M. Venter EF 1.600 – 2.200<br />
There were 3 ABO recipients with this combination of rank, initials and surname: Jacobus<br />
Marthinus (Pietersburg Commando); Joachem Marthinus (Harrismith Commando) and Johannes<br />
Michiel (Bethlehem Commando). Confirmed in medal roll (Forsyth, D.R. 1976). FRAMED<br />
Campaign <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
Singles<br />
Queen’s Mediterranean <strong>Medal</strong><br />
9. – 4788 P te W. Winson W.York.Reg t VF- 3.800 – 5.000<br />
William Winson. This medal was awarded to civilian militia raised in the United Kingdom, who<br />
formed the eight battalions which replaced regular troops in the various British-held garrisons<br />
across the Mediterranean or who guarded Boer prisoners-of-war on the island of St. Helena.<br />
Approximately 5.000 medals were awarded in total of which 860 were issued to the 3 rd<br />
W.Yorks.Regt. (the 3 rd Battalion Prince of Wales’ Own). I suspect that he was on the Army Reserve<br />
List at this time.<br />
Sold with medal rolls WO 100/46 (Royal Engineers); 100/368 (Militia units serving Gibraltar,<br />
Malta and Egypt 1899-1902). Reverse scratched both sides of figure, e/ks.<br />
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Queen’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (QSA)<br />
Silver<br />
No bar<br />
10. – Mr. A. Pearce EF 5.000 – 7.500<br />
Abraham Pearce. This QSA is rare being 1 of only 8 issued to Army Scripture Readers.<br />
Sold with topical essay; contemporary reportage; medal roll WO 100/235.<br />
Edge scuffing at 3 o’clock.<br />
11. – T. Welsh C.G.R. EF+ 900 – 1.250<br />
Thomas Edward Welsh was born in Burnmoor, Durham on 8 May 1856 and died in East London<br />
on 11 May 1918. He married Ann(e) Dover in Sunderland, Durham. They had three children.<br />
He was first appointed to the Cape Government Railway on 26 th August 1884, being confirmed on<br />
the permanent establishment 10 years later and as District Locomotive Foreman at Burghersdorp<br />
(with an annual salary of £305) on 1 st November 1897. Of his arrival in Southern Africa, I have<br />
found no trace. During the Second Anglo-Boer War, he continued to serve in the Cape<br />
Government Railway and is listed as a Lieutenant in the Burgersdorp Town Guard.<br />
For his service, he was awarded the QSA, no bar, officially impressed. His citation reads as<br />
follows: (awarded for) "Working of trains etc. within the theatre of war and services which<br />
assisted in the success of operations."<br />
Sold with brief biographical note; medal roll Burghersdorp Town Guard WO 100/280.<br />
12. – 34 P te S. Annandale Cyphergat T.G. VF 2.750 – 4.000<br />
Stephanus Annandale was the son of George Annandale who arrived in the Eastern Cape from<br />
London in May 1820. George Annandale, a “smithy” by trade, had been recruited to a party of<br />
emigrants under the leadership of one Christopher Thornhill, a merchant from a landowning family<br />
of Sutherland, Durham. Stephanus (Stephen/Stephannes) Annandale was born 2 November 1836 in<br />
Baviaans River, Cape, had three wives, and died 30 May 1908 in Dordrecht, Cape. He appears to<br />
have sired 14 children.<br />
Syfergat (anglicised to Cyphergat) lies 8 km. southeast of Molteno, 18 km. northwest of<br />
Sterkstroom in the Eastern Cape. The origin of the name is unknown. Coal was discovered there in<br />
the 1850’s, and from then onwards, communities formed syndicates; and from 1861 onwards<br />
limited liability companies such as the Great Stormberg Coal (Mining) Company and the<br />
Cyphergat Coal (Mining) Company (the C.C.C., established 1882), to mine the local mineral<br />
wealth. The first person to do some mining there was a trader called George Vice. Having<br />
established that there were coal deposits over the whole Stormberg region and beyond, he bought<br />
the farms Paardekraal and Onverwacht. Here he was to found a town called Molteno, so named<br />
after the Cape premier, Sir John Molteno. Whether to import coal from Wales or rely on coal<br />
deposits mainly in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek was the subject of a Cape Colony government<br />
enquiry in 1893. Whatever decisions flowed from this, it is evident from today's perspective, that<br />
Cape coal mining had a limited life.<br />
From 1864, Syfergat was a hive of industry with a thriving mining and ceramics economy. Though<br />
much of the housing was corrugated iron and timber, public buildings were erected of C.C.C.<br />
brick, later renowned for its hardiness and longevity. The mines and brickworks, then known as the<br />
Wallsend (Natal Collieries Limited) and Cyphergat Coal Mines, were closed in 1924. The people<br />
of the district were made up of three population groups, English-speaking townsfolk, rural farmers<br />
who were predominantly Afrikaans, and an itinerant Xhosa-speaking labouring class. It is with<br />
regard to the latter that Syfergat is best known for, as increasing numbers were employed. They<br />
were not paid in cash, but given oval brass discs marked C.C.C. which could be exchanged for<br />
goods in the shops in Molteno. This system led to exploitation and was heartily criticised by many.<br />
During the Anglo-Boer War, the men of Syfergat formed a town guard, when a large camp for the<br />
Cape Police and Kaffrarian Rifles, under the command of Major Neyland was pitched at the<br />
station. On the 2 nd January 1900, there was the only engagement at Syfergat, known to the locals as<br />
the Battle of Loopenberg (alternatives: Stormberg/Molteno), named after the hill behind the<br />
station. The action, though exciting, is reported to have had no military consequence.<br />
Annandale’s is one of forty names on the Cyphergat Town Guard medal roll.<br />
Sold with biographical and civic essay; medal roll WO 100/280.<br />
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13. – 145 Tpr T.G. Victor Naaupoort D.M.T. EF 1.400 – 1.800<br />
Theunis Gert Victor. Naauwpoort or Noupoort (“narrow pass”) is in the northern Cape Province<br />
of South Africa. Laid out on the farm “Hartebeeshoek” when the railway reached the site in 1884,<br />
it was a bleak spot subjected to searing heat in summer and bone-chilling cold in winter.<br />
Naauwpoort, De Aar and Stormberg were three critical railway junctions south of Orange River en<br />
route to Bloemfontein in the Oranje Vrij Staat. General French was entrusted with the task of<br />
holding back the Colesberg Boers…<br />
“using a mere handful of men scraped together from anywhere”<br />
whilst the main troop advance was along the lines of the two railways to Kimberley and<br />
Bloemfontein. Naauwpoort was his base, and thence he made a reconnaissance by rail on<br />
November 23 rd, 1900 towards Arundel, the next hamlet along the line.<br />
Finding no resistance, he moved on towards Modder River.<br />
General Clements continued to cover Naauwport until the advance of Roberts's army caused a<br />
complete reversal of the whole military situation.<br />
The QSA <strong>Medal</strong> Roll for the Naauwpoort District Mounted Troops lists 3 Victor (Viktor) family<br />
members, 154 Viktor H.J., 145 Victor T.G. and 135 Victor J.P.<br />
Victor Theunis Gert, age 18, a farmer from “De Dam”, Arundel, was sworn in on 23 November<br />
1901 and being allocated the Regimental No. 145. He was illiterate signing “X” his mark.<br />
A Theunis Gert Viktor born in Hanover, Cape on 22 October 1883 died a farmer in Naaupoort of<br />
the district Middelburg 6 May 1957. He had married Elsie Josuna van der Walt of Colesberg with<br />
whom he had at least 5 offspring.<br />
Over half of the 128 medals issued were never claimed.<br />
Sold with family tree simplified, listing direct line of 9 generations – the family in Southern Africa<br />
traced back to 1676; copy of Colonial Defence Force Attestation Paper; medal roll WO 100/284.<br />
14. – Rev. C.H. Hutt P.C. Dept. EF 4.000 – 5.500<br />
Charles Herbert Hutt was born in 1872 in Lyons, Durham. His father was the Rev. Richard<br />
Goade Hutt of Haddesdon, Hertfordshire and mother, Emily of Cocking Sussex (d. 1925). He was<br />
a Clerk in Holy Orders at Chartham Rectory near Canterbury Cathedral.<br />
He was married twice; first to Florence Hutt who died 15 April 1912, leaving him with three<br />
daughters; second to Kate Hutt who survived him. He died 3 August 1932 in Worthing, England.<br />
Sold with correspondence detailing his career as a clergyman; medal roll WO 100/301.<br />
15. – 4 P te H. Collins S t Helena Vol:Shptrs: EF 7.500 – 10.000<br />
Little is known of the St. Helena Volunteer Sharpshooters other than it was a band of 50 men to 29<br />
of whom the QSA was presented by Col. H.J. Price, Acting Governor of the Island at the King’s<br />
Birthday Parade on 10 November 1902. One was returned, the person for whom it was intended<br />
being unknown. Their function appears to have been to guard Boer Prisoners-of-War. At the time,<br />
Collins was attached to the Army Service Corps. This medal is one of two known examples<br />
extant. Sold with consolidated history; research records; medal rolls WO 100/229. Regimental<br />
number crudely engraved before name, edge bruise.<br />
One bar<br />
16. – CC 588 Corpl. C.W. Winton A.P.C. EF 1.400 – 1.800<br />
Charles William Winton was born in Battersea, London in the June 1871 and died a railway<br />
pensioner in De Aar 6 May 1948.<br />
He married Louisa Frances Wilson by whom he had six children. Outside of the QSA, he was<br />
entitled to the KSA bars SA’01, SA’02, which appears not to have been issued.<br />
Sold with short essay; medal rolls WO 100/230 (two versions); WO 100/355.<br />
Two bars<br />
17. – DoM, Tvl 107 Sergt. P. Stuart Cape Police EF 12.500 – 16.000<br />
Peter Stuart was born in Kirkmichael, Banffshire, Scotland in 1868. His father was Alexander<br />
Stuart, a labourer (dead by 1892), his mother, Jane McPherson. He had two brothers: John Stuart,<br />
who at one time worked on the Imperial Military Railways, Johannesburg and William Stuart, who<br />
lived in Glasgow. The family belonged to the Presbyterian church.<br />
Peter Stuart, a labourer, joined the Linlithgow County Constabulary on 28 December 1888; being<br />
sworn in the next day by Lt. Col. A. Borthwick, the then Chief Constable. Later he joined the<br />
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Bechuanaland Protectorate Police and transferred into post No. 107 of the Cape Police Corp No. 2<br />
Regiment, Kimberley on 1 February 1892 for “a minimum of 3 years”.<br />
He attended the famous Field General Court Martial of 9 th November 1899 onward held in<br />
Mafeking indicting Lieutenant G.M. Murchison of the Protectorate Regiment who shot dead the<br />
Special Correspondent for the London Daily Chronicle and the South African News, Ernest G.<br />
Parslow, in the lobby of Dixon’s Hotel on 1 st November 1899. Murchison was sentenced to death<br />
but this was commuted to life imprisonment by Lord Roberts after the siege was lifted.<br />
Stuart appears to have been hospitalised in 1902 under a Sister Victor, someone whom he called “a<br />
bright cheerful and painstaking nurse” in what he called Bolling (sic) Ward, New Somerset<br />
Hospital, Mouille Point. The condition must have been quite severe as he was granted paid sick<br />
leave for 72 days between 28 June 1902 and 7 September 1902.<br />
On 2 February 1905, Insp. Peter Stuart of “B” Division took 42 days leave between 6 February<br />
1905 and 19 March 1905 “the first ever”, drawing pay for forage and farriery for two horses, and<br />
thereafter travelling “to East London and elsewhere”.<br />
He had married in community of property Sr. Ella Sophia Victor, the nursing sister, at New<br />
Somerset Hospital, Mouille Point, Cape Town on 6 February 1905 (telegrams are dated thus and<br />
addressed thereto). The Rev. Browning conducted the service in the hospital chapel. Present were<br />
many of the medical luminaries of the day.The couple went on to produce two children: Victor<br />
Stuart and Violet Stuart. Peter Stuart died at 30 Clee Road, Observatory on 2 May 1938, leaving<br />
his wife and two children, Victor and Violet. His estate was valued at £.827/16/10. Sold with<br />
photograph of Stuart (1888); copy of medal rolls WO 100/240; 100/224; personal papers;<br />
newspaper cuttings; a biographical essay including a note detailing the provenance.FRAMED<br />
18. – Belf, Natal 472 P te C. Grimes Manchester Regt. EF 1.600 – 2.400<br />
Private C. Grimes of the 1 st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment was awarded the QSA with<br />
battle bars Belfast (Bergendal 27 August 1900) and the state bar Natal. The 2 bars are verified.<br />
Also entitled to a 2 bar KSA. Beautifully toned. Sold with medal roll WO 100/198. FRAMED<br />
Three bars<br />
19. – RoM, RoL, Tvl 907Tpr: A. Barclay Imp. Lt. Horse EF 6.000 – 9.000<br />
Andrew Barclay was born in Aberdeen circa October 1870. It is not known at what stage he<br />
moved to southern Africa. He married Lizzie Mellis Ingles by whom he had three children. He was<br />
a stationer and general dealer in Port Elizabeth. He died at Ressano Garcia, Komatipoort 9 July<br />
1938. The QSA with battle bars Relief of Mafeking and Relief of Ladysmith, and state bar<br />
Transvaal. A very scarce combination. Beautifully toned.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Sold with photo of Col. R.S.S. Baden-Powell taken in Mafeking at time of siege by David Taylor,<br />
publ. in Souvenir of the Siege of Mafeking 1899-1900; medal rolls WO 100/242; WO 100/250.<br />
20. – CC, Rhod, OFS EF 1.700 – 2.500<br />
10981 P te J. Diffin 60 th Coy. 17 th Imp. Yeo. (North Irish Horse)<br />
The spelling of his surname varies between Diffin and Diffen on the medal roll.Also entitled to<br />
bars: Tvl and SA’01. Sold with brief essay; medal rolls WO 100/127 9 (4 versions).<br />
Skimmed, officially renamed.<br />
FRAMED<br />
21. – Belm, Modder, OFS 4312 P te C. Goord 9/Lcrs. EF 2.200 – 3.500<br />
Private C. Goord was awarded the QSA with battle bars Belmont (23 November 1899), Modder<br />
River (28 November 1899) and the state bar Orange Free State. He was also entitled to the KSA<br />
Barson QSA are verified. Sold with G. Whitehead verification certificate (1996); medal rolls WO<br />
100/116 (folio 21); 100/303. FRAMED<br />
22. – Elands, DoL, Belf VF- 3.400 – 5.000<br />
3114 P te J. Lockeridge Manchester Regt.<br />
Private J. Lockeridge, 1 st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment was awarded the QSA with battle<br />
bars Elandslaagte (21 October 1899), Defence of Ladysmith (2 November 1899 until 28 February<br />
1900) and Belfast (Bergendal: 27 August 1900). 3114 Pvt. J. Lockeridge of 2 nd Battalion of the<br />
Manchester Regiment warrants further investigation. Sold with medal rolls WO 100/198 (3<br />
versions); WO 100/340; WO 100/527. Initial “J” has been re-impressed; e/k.<br />
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23. – CC, OFS, Tvl H. Hemming Stm:Rd:Trnspt. EF 4.200 – 5.400<br />
According to War Establishments 1898, regimental company transport – men and horses in the<br />
field - was in the charge of Regimental Transport Officers. Supply columns and parks were in the<br />
charge of Army Service Corps Officers.<br />
In February 1900, Lord Roberts appointed a Director of Transport, Major-General Sir W.G.<br />
Nicholson, and later reflects on the excellence of his re-organisation of the transport system – its<br />
“elasticity and adaptability to the changing conditions of field service on a large scale ………”.<br />
One gets a sense of the magnitude of the logistical operation from the figures quoted: 475 wagons,<br />
11,362 mules, oxen 9,788 and 34,000 men moving from Modder River to Bloemfontein between<br />
11 th February and 13 th March 1900.<br />
Still later, Lord Roberts commented in detail on the use and possibilities of steam traction-engines<br />
in the war. These were under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel J.L.B. Templer, 7 th Battalion<br />
King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Steam Road Transport was attached to the Royal Engineers.<br />
The vehicles were an adjunct to animal transport, but could only be used in centres where coal and<br />
water were readily available. Hemming was awarded the QSA and bars. The QSA roll page<br />
confirming the bar Transvaal hasn’t been located. However, colleagues were subsequently issued<br />
with all three bars (WO 100/155 folio 106).<br />
A recent publication identified the crucial role of engineers in warfare. This scarce item highlights<br />
the early recognition of an important facet of modern warfare.<br />
Sold with essay on topic; LG 1901; The Economist March 2013; medal rolls WO 100/155 (3<br />
versions); WO 100/316.<br />
Four bars<br />
24. – CC, Wepener, Tvl, Witte EF 3.800 – 5.500<br />
2621 P te A.E. Campbell Cape M.R.<br />
Arthur Edward Campbell, b. 1876, joined “A”Squadron, Cape Mounted Rifles, King Williams<br />
Town, at the age of 18 years on 10 August 1894.<br />
His Defaulter Sheet filled out in 1908 at the time of his requesting a fifth three-year tour of duty<br />
describes him as being 5ft.11½ inches in height, with blue eyes, light brown hair and a distinctive<br />
tattoo “A” on the left forearm. Whilst stationed in Kokstad, he had suffered a compound fracture of<br />
his left ankle which, for some while, put his application at risk.<br />
He was stationed at Ventersburg Road in January 1901 and Knoppe in April 1902.<br />
He was awarded the KSA with bars SA ’01 and SA ’02 which is not present.<br />
Sold with medal rolls WO 100/241 (2 versions); WO 100/359. FRAMED<br />
Six bars<br />
25. – CC, TugH, OFS, RoL, Tvl, LaingsN VF 1.400 – 2.000<br />
27655 Sap r. D. Crowe R.E.<br />
The 17 th Field Company, Royal Engineers famously played a crucial role in Sir Redvers Buller’s<br />
fight to regain control of Natal.<br />
It has been stated that nowhere in South Africa did the Royal Engineers do better service than in<br />
the operations in and about Ladysmith. Morbidity amongst their number, due to exposure to direct<br />
fire, climate, poor nutrition and disease, was significant.<br />
A recent publication Engineers of Victory: The problem Solvers who turned the Tide in the<br />
Second World War has identified the crucial role of engineers in warfare.<br />
This scarce item highlights this important facet of modern warfare.<br />
This is a fascinating subject to study in depth. For his service to the British war effort, Sapper 27655<br />
D. Crowe, 17 th Field Company, Royal Engineers was awarded the QSA with 6 bars and the KSA<br />
with 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02. The two medals are separated.<br />
Sold with historical essay; The Economist March 2013; medal rolls WO 100/156; WO 100/31.<br />
26. – RoK, Paarde, Drief, Joh, DiamH, SA’01 EF 1.900 – 3.000<br />
66420 Dvr. J. Meyer R.H.A.<br />
The battle bar Relief of Kimberley appears to have been substituted by state bar Cape Colony (see<br />
WO 100/152).Warrants further investigation. Sold with medal rolls WO 100/138; WO 100/152.<br />
FRAMED<br />
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Kimberley <strong>Medal</strong><br />
27. – unnamed as issued EF+ 30.000 – 40.000<br />
OBVERSE<br />
REVERSE<br />
The Kimberley <strong>Medal</strong> was supposedly a suppressed forerunner of the Kimberley Star and was<br />
probably struck in England. The designer remains unknown. We do not know how many medals<br />
were minted originally, and how many have survived.<br />
This medal was not officially issued. It is thought that instructions were given that it be melted<br />
down as it was without sanction. It had incorporated into its design the Royal Cipher VRI on the<br />
reverse and carried the wrong date of investiture that is the 15 th October 1899 instead of the 14 th<br />
October 1899.<br />
Refer to the write up on the Kimberley <strong>Medal</strong>, page 153,E1 (1) in the definitive work<br />
Boer War Tribute <strong>Medal</strong>s by M.G. Hibbard (Constantia Classics, 1982).<br />
PROVENANCE: M.G. HIBBARD COLLECTION<br />
Sold with brief note. A desirable medal seldom seen at auction. Rare.<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
28. – QSA 6 bars: CC, TugH, OFS, RoL, Tvl, LaingsN VF 3.800 – 4.800<br />
Major J.G. Maynard Bethune’s M.I.;<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 Maj. J.G. Maynard Bethune’s M.I.<br />
Bethune’s Mounted Infantry was raised in Durban on 16 th October 1899 with an establishment of<br />
500 men. The Commanding Officer was Major E.C. Bethune of the 16 th Lancers.<br />
Famous for its involvement in Buller’s Tugela Heights, it served throughout the South African War<br />
1899-1902 in all areas.<br />
Sold with medal rolls WO 100/236 (3 versions); WO 100/358.<br />
KSA top bar SA’01 has been cropped.<br />
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29. – QSA 2 bars: DoM, Tvl 518 P te T.J. Webb Cape Police; EF 14.000 – 18.600<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 518 P te T.J. Webb C.P. Dist. 2<br />
Thomas Joseph Webb of the Cape Police District No. 2. Webb was awarded the QSA with bar<br />
Defence of Mafeking (16 October 1899 till 17 May 1900) and with bar Transvaal. The KSA was<br />
issued with bars SA’01 & SA’02. Roll confirms.<br />
In toto, the roll notes that 88 officers and 1.175 men received the battle bars; and 54 of these were<br />
in the Cape Police District No. 2 unit.<br />
Reference is made to Webb periodically in the Mafeking Siege Mail. Photograph framed with<br />
medal is of the Cape Police District No. 2 Regiment taken in Mafeking at the time of the Siege by<br />
D. Taylor and published in Souvenir of the Siege of Mafeking 1899-1900.<br />
Sold with medal rolls WO 100/198 (3 versions); WO100/340; WO 100/527.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Trios<br />
30. – IGSM bar: Relief of Chitral 1895 VF 4.800 – 6.800<br />
7278 Pte. H. Martin 1 st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps.; QSA 4 bars: Talana, DoL, Tvl,<br />
LaingsN 7287 Pvt. H. Martin K.R.R.C.; KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02<br />
7278 Corp. H. Martin K.R.R.C.<br />
Herbert Martin born circa February 1874 was recruited to the 1 st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle<br />
Corps on the 16 March 1892.<br />
The son of Mrs. James Martin of Torrens Buildings, <strong>City</strong> Road, in the parish of St. Mary’s,<br />
London, he was 18 years old, a stocky 5 ft. 7 inches, weighed 131 lbs. and had a fresh complexion<br />
with grey eyes and brown hair.<br />
His occupation is listed as piano forte maker.<br />
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 22 April 1894 but reverted to Private on 1 October 1894.<br />
Promoted again on 1 December 1901, he was moved to the army reserve on 29 March 1903 and<br />
discharged on 15 March 1904.<br />
He served in India between November 1894 and January 1897; Mauritius January 1897 to March<br />
1899 and South Africa March 1899 to August 1902.<br />
It seems likely that he was one of the 1.200-odd who survived the wrecking of the Royal Indian<br />
Marine Ship (RIMS) Warren Hastings when it ran aground on the coastline of Réunion (Pacific)<br />
on 14 January 1897.<br />
7278 Private H. Martin was awarded the IGSM with bar Relief of Chitral 1895; Private 3114 H.<br />
Martin the QSA with battle bars Talana (20 October 1899); Defence of Ladysmith (2 November<br />
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1899 until 28 February 1900); Laing's Nek (May 1900) and state bar Transvaal and the KSA with<br />
bars 1901 & 1902. Service records and roll confirms.<br />
An interesting group warranting greater investigation.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Sold with biographical sketch; literature on the Warren Hastings; army records; medal rolls WO<br />
100/78 (3 versions); WO 100/196 (2 versions); WO 100/339; WO 100/340; WO 100/527.<br />
Four<br />
31. – QSA 2 bars: Rhod, Tvl VF+/EF- 4.000 – 5.500<br />
1035 Tpr: H. Hunter Johannesburg M.R.; KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02<br />
Guide E.H. Hunter Int. Dept.; BWM; AVM (Bil.) C pl E.H. Hunter A.G.B.<br />
Hunter’s QSA is a prime rarity to South African Units as it is a first striking “ghost dates” with<br />
wreath pointing to “R” in AFRICA.<br />
He was awarded the QSA state bar Rhodesia; the SA’01 bar when with the Johannesburg Mounted<br />
Rifles; the KSA (date bars SA’01, SA’02) as a Guide when with the Field Intelligence Dept. and<br />
the BWM and AVM (Bil.) when attached to the Adjutant General’s Base.<br />
The medal roll allocating the Transvaal bar is untraced, though its use is likely to have been<br />
authentic. Sold with medal rolls WO 100/238; 253; 354.<br />
MEDICAL, NURSING AND VETERINARIAN MEDALS<br />
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS<br />
32. Five – Military Cross (MC)(Geo.V); VF 12.000 – 14.000<br />
QSA 5 bars: CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01, SA’02 Civil Surgeon J.J. Lynch;<br />
1914-15 Star Capt. J. Lynch S.A.M.C.; BWM Capt. J.J. Lynch; AVM (Bil.)<br />
James Joseph Lynch was born on 26 November 1865 in Dundalk, Louth, Ireland, the son of<br />
James Lynch and Ann McCartney.<br />
James Joseph Lynch enters the Medical and Pharmacy Register for the Colony of the Cape of<br />
Good Hope in the 30 June 1904 edition.<br />
His qualifications are given as L.R.C.P. & S. (Edinburgh) L.F.P.S. (Glasgow) 1901. His licence to<br />
practice was issued to an address in Cathcart on August 1904. He moved to Parktown,<br />
Johannesburg circa 1906 and his name last appears in Medical & Dental Register for Union of<br />
South Africa 1943.<br />
In an obituary in the South African Medical Journal 1943; 17:45, his former partner, Dr. A.B.<br />
Tucker, wrote as follows:<br />
“It is no easy task to write a description of so versatile a man as my good friend and former<br />
partner, Dr. J.J. Lynch. Popular in all classes of Society, his lively wit made him the centre of<br />
attraction in any company. Lynch was a lover of good literature and was endowed with an<br />
acutely critical mind; and although he was a master of frivolity, there was nothing really<br />
frivolous in his disposition. The professional work which he did was excellent; those who were<br />
his patients realised they were receiving skilful attention from one whose very presence brought<br />
a brighter outlook”. - “For his services in the last war he was awarded a well-deserved Military<br />
Cross. In the present conflict he again joined the forces, and at the time of his decease he was a<br />
Captain in the S.A.M.C.” - “In common with most Irishman, he was fond of fishing, shooting<br />
and riding; these sports provided him with many pleasant holidays”.<br />
“Such a gay and gallant spirit would not be in tune with the new world of promised security and<br />
organised dullness now in the process of evolution”.<br />
295907 Captain James Joseph Lynch of the South African Medical Corps 1 st Reserve Brigade died<br />
whilst on active service in Bloemfontein on 30 December 1942 of a myocardial infarction.<br />
No age nor dependents are mentioned and his address was given as “Clovelly” Kei Mouth.<br />
Sold with S.A.M.C. collar dog; biographical essay; Medical Register 1911; medal rolls WO<br />
100/226; Military Cross Citation; WWI service records.<br />
AVM skimmed replacement. <strong>Medal</strong>s were cleaned at some stage.<br />
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Campaign <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
Singles<br />
South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> 1834-53 (SAGS)<br />
No bar<br />
33. – J. Hall EF 5.000 – 7.500<br />
Sir John Hall was born in November 1795 at Littlebeck,<br />
Westmoreland where his father was a local Squire. He joined the Army<br />
six days after Waterloo (18 June 1815) and was posted to a General<br />
Hospital at Brussels; became Staff Surgeon (8 November 1827); Staff<br />
Surgeon 1 st Class (26 February 1841); Deputy-Inspector General of<br />
Army and Ordnance Medical Departments (25 September 1846). He<br />
was in the Cape of Good Hope and Eastern Cape for the 7 th and 8 th<br />
Frontier (Kaffir) Wars 1847 and 1850-1851, and at Boomplaats. He<br />
was made Inspector General 28 March 1854. He retired on half-pay on<br />
1 January 1857, dying in Pisa on 17 January 1866.<br />
His professional qualifications are listed as M.D. (St. Andrews, 1847)<br />
and F.R.S. (Edin.), his training hospitals: Guys and St. Thomas’s.<br />
His duties in Jamaica, Ireland, Gibraltar, South Africa, India and the<br />
Crimea brought him into contact, and conflict, with many prominent<br />
Victorians, of whom Dr. James Barry and Florence Nightingale are two<br />
of particular interest.<br />
Sir John Hall was one of Great Britain's most eminent military<br />
physicians of the Victorian era. His animus towards Florence<br />
Nightingale is well documented. She responded vigorously to this antipathy and was to prove his<br />
eventual nemesis.<br />
This South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> was authorized in November 1854. It was awarded in respect of his being<br />
involved in one of three campaigns in South Africa: the Frontier (“Kaffir”) Wars of 1834-35, 1846-<br />
47 and 1850-53. Originally from the Don Forsyth collection.<br />
Sold with extensive biographical summary, medal rolls WO 100/34 (2 versions).<br />
The medal has been skimmed and re-engraved “J. Hall”.<br />
South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> 1877-79 (SAGS)<br />
bar: 1877-8<br />
34. – Hosp. Sgt. H. Drummond N o 1 Co. Buffalo Vol: Rifles VF 5.500 – 6.500<br />
The July 1877 return for the 1 st Company Buffalo Volunteer Rifles notes that the Commanding<br />
Officer Captain E.Y. Brabant and the 4 other officers were commissioned on 6 th September, 1876 and<br />
that there were 77 men in the ranks. In the following month the strength dropped to 61 but rose in<br />
September to 73. On 28 th September 1876, Brabant, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants and 33 men marched<br />
for the Kei on active service where they remained until 6 th December. At the end of 1878 they were<br />
headquartered at East London, had no officers and only 28 men, being armed with long Sniders. The<br />
Buffalo Rifle Volunteers was the parent corps for the Kaffrarian Rifles, raised in East London in 1876,<br />
its strength two companies. It was disbanded after service in the Frontier War of September 1880. No<br />
details of H. Drummond are known. Sold with copy medal roll WO 100/49. Suspender tightened.<br />
35. – Civil Pract r B.F. D’Uminy EF 6.000 – 7.500<br />
Dr. Benjamin François (Francis) Duminy was born 5 February 1839, the eldest of fourteen<br />
children born to Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy and Maria Johanna Emerentia Van<br />
Oosterzee. He was a medical practitioner who graduated from Aberdeen University Medical<br />
School (M.B. Aberd.) and Royal College of Surgeons, London (M.R.C.S. Lond.) in 1861.<br />
He was licensed to practice in the Cape Colony on 1 April 1862 whilst then resident in Durban,<br />
Natal. He became a medical practitioner at East London; a Town Counsellor for a brief period in<br />
February 1877 when he was elected for Ward 1 at the start of the second Triennial Council.<br />
He resigned in April 1877 and did not seek re-election. Duminy left East London in the mid-1880s<br />
and settled at Dordrecht where he became a member of the Wodehouse Divisional Council.<br />
He married Elizabeth Sophia Louw in Durbanville on 24 August 1863. She bore him two sons and<br />
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three daughters. He died after a long illness at Dordrecht on 26 April 1892 leaving in his wake a<br />
considerable estate with meticulous instructions as to how it should be administered. It went to<br />
probate in 1914.South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> 1877-79: bar 1877-78 was awarded to Royal Navy, Army and<br />
Colonial Units who took part in operations against the Galekas and Gaikas between 26 th<br />
September 1877 and 28 th June 1878; and against Chief Pokwane between 21 st and 28 th January<br />
1878, the so-called 9 th Cape Frontier (“Kaffir”) War of 1877-78. Only in the medal roll and one<br />
handwritten document amongst the estate papers is the spelling D’Uminy used.<br />
Sold with voluminous biographical research and medal roll WO 100/47. Initial corrected.<br />
bar: 1879<br />
36. – 2334 Corp l W. Douglas A.H.C. VF+ 5.000 – 6.500<br />
A scarce, enviable item. Sold with medal rolls WO 100/47; WO 100/61.<br />
Second China War <strong>Medal</strong><br />
37. – bars: Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860<br />
Surg n J. Lamprey 67 th Reg t EF 8.000 – 10.000<br />
Jones Lamprey was born 16. October 1824 Dublin, Ireland.<br />
The record of Commissioned Officers of the Medical Services of<br />
the British Army includes the following detail:<br />
“Jones Lamprey. A.S. 15 F. 8 October 1850. S. Staff, 2 nd Class,<br />
3 November 1857: 67 F. 24 September 1859. S.M. 67 F. 7 June<br />
1870. A.M.D., S.M., 7 June 1870. D.S.G. 4 March 1877. S.G.<br />
14 June 1883. r.p. 16 October 1884. China 1860. b. in Dublin,<br />
16 October 1824. B.A., M.B., T.C.D., 1849. Was appointed<br />
Acting A.S. 7 June 1850. d. 29 October 1900”.<br />
This is an exceptional medal awarded to a Deputy Surgeon<br />
General in the British Army.<br />
Sold with biographical essay; medal roll WO 100/41.<br />
Cape of Good Hope General Service <strong>Medal</strong> (COGHGS)<br />
bar: Basutoland<br />
38. – Sur.Maj. J.A.J. Smith C.M.Rif m VF+ 5.500 – 8.500<br />
James Alexander Jones Smith was born in Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland in 1853. He<br />
trained in Medicine at Edinburgh University and qualified with an L.R.C.P. (Edinburgh) in 1877<br />
and subsequent F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh) in 1881. He was licensed to practice in the Cape of Good<br />
Hope in 1878 and Kimberley in 1901.<br />
He joined the Cape Mounted Rifles and was awarded the Cape of Good Hope General Service<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> (1880–1897) bar: Basutoland, presumably for activities relating to the Basutoland Gun War<br />
(1880-1881). On the roll, he is listed as a Surgeon Major, one of two in the regiment.<br />
He served in the Anglo-Boer War as Surgeon Major (attached to the Kimberley Regiment) and for<br />
his services was MiD by Colonel R.P. Kekewitch. He was awarded the DSO and later the QSA<br />
bar: Defence of Kimberley. He also served as Captain Quartermaster in the Kimberley Light Horse<br />
(K.L.H.). He did not live to receive these awards and their whereabouts are unknown to his<br />
descendants. He died of pneumonia aged 48 years at Du Toit’s Pan Road, Kimberley on 2 August<br />
1901. His death notice lists him as a doctor with the Kimberley Mounted Regiment.<br />
He was a personal friend of Cecil John Rhodes, the son-in-law of Gardner Fuller Williams and<br />
brother-in-law of Alpheus Fuller Williams, individually the first and second trained mining<br />
engineers to practice in Southern Africa.<br />
Sold with detailed biography, LG 19 April 1901, p. 2702, medal rolls WO 100/49; WO 100/255.<br />
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Queen’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (QSA)<br />
No bar<br />
39. – Miss E. Fry VF 3.000 – 4.000<br />
There were three persons of this name at No. 1 General Military Hospital: a Nursing Sister, a<br />
Private attached to the Military Medical Staff and a Female Servant to the Auxiliary Nursing<br />
Service. This QSA medal was awarded to the latter. It is a first type striking with the wreath<br />
pointing to "R" of "AFRICA" and the medal has slightly thicker flan than usual. A desirable item.<br />
Sold with verification certificate (1987) Winifred Scott and medal rolls WO 100/299 (3 versions),<br />
WO 100/353; WO 100/224.Skimmed and officially re-impressed as usual for nurses’ medals.<br />
40. – Leader M. Royeppen Natal Vol: Ind: Amb: C. EF 22.500 – 30.000<br />
GHANDI SEATED (second left) WITH REV. DR BOOTH (seated centre) and<br />
MANIKUM ROYEPPEN (seated second from right).<br />
Manikum Royeppen was born in India in about 1864 and died in Durban in 1939. He was the son<br />
of Devasayagem and Catherine Royeppen who arrived in Durban from Madras in June 1865. He<br />
and his younger brother Joseph were two of the thirty four leaders who served under Mahatma<br />
Gandhi in the Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Corps. His parents set up the first school for<br />
Indians in Durban and his younger brother, Joseph, given the advantage of an education, later<br />
studied law at Cambridge University. He passed the final Bar examination at Lincoln’s Inn and<br />
became the first South African born Indian Barrister. He subsequently joined the Satyagraha in the<br />
Transvaal in December 1909 and became one of Ghandi’s inner circle.<br />
The inception and service of the Volunteer Indian Ambulance Corps was described by Ghandi, its<br />
founder, in his autobiography as follows:<br />
“When war was declared, my personal sympathies were all with the Boers, but I believed then that I<br />
had yet no right, in such cases, to enforce my individual convictions. I have minutely dealt with the<br />
inner struggle regarding this in my history of the Satyagraha in South Africa, and I must not repeat<br />
the argument here. I invite the curious to turn to those pages. Suffice it to say that my loyalty to the<br />
British rule drove me to participation with the British in that war. I felt that, if I demanded rights as<br />
a British citizen, it was also my duty, as such, to participate in the defence of the British Empire. I<br />
held then that India could achieve her complete emancipation only within and through the British<br />
Empire. So I collected together as many comrades as possible, with very great difficulty got their<br />
services accepted as an ambulance corps.<br />
The average Englishman believed that the Indian was a coward, incapable of taking risks or<br />
looking beyond his immediate self-interest. Many English friends, therefore, threw cold water on<br />
my plan. But Dr. Booth supported it whole-heartedly. He trained us in ambulance work. We<br />
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secured medical certification of fitness for service at the front. Mr. Laughton and the late Mr.<br />
Escombe enthusiastically supported the plan, and we applied at last for service at the front. The<br />
Government thankfully acknowledged our application, but said that our services were not needed.<br />
I would not rest satisfied, however, with this refusal. Through the introduction of Dr. Booth, I<br />
called on the Bishop of Natal. There were many Christian Indians in our corps. The Bishop was<br />
delighted with my proposal and promised to help us in getting our services accepted.<br />
Time too was working for us. The Boer had shown more pluck, determination and bravery than<br />
had been expected; and our services were ultimately needed.<br />
Our corps was 1.100 strong, with nearly 40 leaders. About three hundred were free Indians, and<br />
the rest indentured. Dr. Booth was also with us. The corps acquitted itself well. Though our work<br />
was to be outside the firing line, and though we had the protection of the Red Cross, we were asked<br />
at a critical moment to serve within the firing line. The reservation had not been of our seeking.<br />
The authorities did not want us to be within range of fire. The situation, however, was changed<br />
after the repulse at Spion Kop, and General Buller sent the message that, though we were not<br />
bound to take the risk, the Government would be thankful if we would do so and fetch the wounded<br />
from the field.<br />
We had no hesitation, and so the action at Spion Kop found us working within the firing line.<br />
During these days we had to march from twenty-five miles a day, bearing the wounded on<br />
stretchers. Amongst the wounded we had the honour of carrying soldiers like General Woodgate.<br />
The corps was disbanded after six weeks’ service. After the reverses at Spion Kop and Vaalkranz,<br />
the British Commander-in-Chief abandoned the attempt to relieve Ladysmith and other places by<br />
summary procedures, and decided to proceed slowly, awaiting reinforcements from England and<br />
India.<br />
Our humble work was at the moment much applauded, and the Indians’ prestige was enhanced.<br />
The newspaper published laudatory rhymes with the refrain, “We are the sons of Empire after all.”<br />
As unpaid civilians, the Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Corps were not eligible to receive <strong>Medal</strong>s.<br />
Reverend Dr. Booth lobbied the Secretary of State for War, St. John Brodrick, on behalf of the 34<br />
Leaders. He already had a report on the N.V.I.A.C. placed before the Queen and he asked Brodrick to<br />
award medals to the Leaders, who had given their services free but would prize such a reward.<br />
Lord Wolseley decided this should be agreed to because if it was brought to the Queen’s notice she<br />
would undoubtedly demand that it be done (War Office records refer).<br />
Sold with a detailed historical essay; copies of archival documents; photograph of Natal Volunteer<br />
Indian Ambulance Corps & Cabinet Portrait of Rev. Dr. Booth; medal roll WO 100/298.<br />
One bar<br />
41. – DoL A. Barber EF 4.000 – 5.200<br />
Dr. Alfred Barber graduated in 1888 (Aberdeen). In 1903, his registered address was Zululand,<br />
though there are indications that he was already in Southern Africa in 1893. Until recently it was<br />
speculated that he may have been a civilian doctor active during the siege of Ladysmith. This theory is<br />
supported by the addition of his name, presumably after he had made appropriate representation in<br />
December 1906, to the QSA roll of the Natal Volunteer \medical Corps \9with the Defence of<br />
Ladysmith bar approved). His admission to the medal roll Natal Medical Corps with the Defence bar<br />
of Ladysmith in 1906, presumably after he had made appropriate representation, supports this.<br />
The particular interest in his medal lies in the tragedy that was Alfred Barber. Presumably either<br />
suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome or addiction (a common affliction of the profession)<br />
by mid-August 1902 he was usually to be found of a night in the "casual ward or in Albert Park".<br />
He was arraigned a number of times for drunk and disorderly behaviour and indeed sentenced to a<br />
period of hard labour. Seemingly in an attempt to restore his dignity, in May 1903 he had typed a<br />
letter to (Dugald) Campbell-Watt (Secretary of the Natal Medical Council) in which he states "I<br />
may state that I am not, at present, in practice in Natal, and my name being still on the register<br />
through an oversight, I ask the Council to kindly overlook this slight indiscretion on my part,<br />
and to allow me to formally to resign my position as Medical Practitioner in the Colony of<br />
Natal". This they did not and he was struck from the roll on 23 rd June 1903. In 1907-1911 he was<br />
registered as living in Raglan Street, Harrogate.<br />
Sold with dated biographical note; copy of Medical Register (1903&1907); medal roll WO 100/261.<br />
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42. – Natal A.H. Bostock Surgeon EF 3.000 – 4.000<br />
Arthur Hastings Bostock (AHB). The Bostock family has deep roots into the Royal Plantagenets,<br />
being related through marriage to the Southey Family. This branch of the Bostock family is from<br />
Horsham in England. The family is well known for producing well educated sons, a number of<br />
whom became surgeons and officers (or both) in the British Army.AHB was born on 6 November<br />
1876 in Chichester, Sussex, England, died on 14 January 1958 in Chichester, Sussex. He married<br />
Alice Richardson in Wandsworth, London in 1923. He qualified as a doctor and was registered 11<br />
May 1900 as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) and Licentiate of the Royal<br />
College of Physicians of London. He served as a Civilian Surgeon in Natal, South Africa, during<br />
the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), for which service he was awarded the scarce single bar<br />
Queen's South Africa <strong>Medal</strong>. WWI service with R.A.M.C. in France. Sold with biographical<br />
notes; extract British Medical Journal 25.1.1958; medal roll WO 100/227.<br />
43. – Natal Orderly A.E. Russell Imp.Hosp.Corps EF 2.000 – 3.400<br />
Orderly Albert Edwin Russell of the Imperial Hospital Corps was awarded the QSA with state bar<br />
Natal. He was also entitled to the SA’01 bar.<br />
Sold with medal rolls WO 100/249.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Two bars<br />
44. – TugH, RoL Br. R.H. Dougherty Natal Vol. Amb.C. VF 1.600 – 2.600<br />
Robert Henry Dougherty/Daugherty. The Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) and the Natal<br />
Volunteer Medical Corps (N.V.M.C.) were the two main units delivering medical aid to the<br />
wounded on the Natal battlefields. The Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Volunteer Ambulance<br />
Corps, British Red Cross Society and St. John's Ambulance complemented these professionals.<br />
The Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps was established by Colonel T. Gallwey (later Surgeon-<br />
General Sir T. Gallwey K.C.M.G.), the Principal Medical Officer of Natal to carry the wounded<br />
from the battlefields. The medal roll carries over 1.000 names. Entered on the nominal roll (p.22<br />
bound folio p. 271) as Dougherty (changed to Daugherty) Robert Henry with dates of service 23<br />
(changed to 9)-12-99 // 12-3-00. For services rendered, Br. R.H. Dougherty Natal Vol.Amb.C. was<br />
awarded the QSA bars.<br />
Sold with brief essay; medal rolls WO 100/261; WO 127/15.<br />
FRAMED<br />
45. – CC, OFS Ord. J. Thomson Scottish Hos: EF 6.000 – 7.500<br />
John Thomson. The Scottish National Red Cross Hospital was funded by voluntary donations and<br />
established by the St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in the<br />
War in March 1900. There was a staff allocation of 160 and final bed count of 520.<br />
The commanding officer was Deputy-Surgeon-General Henry Cayley, F.R.C.S., C.M.G. a retired<br />
Professor of Medicine.<br />
Little is known of John Thomson other than he was one of 57 second-class medical orderlies<br />
selected from the Glasgow Company of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps (established Glasgow<br />
1893-4) and that he remained in South Africa when the hospital was disestablished.<br />
Sold with medal roll WO 100/225.<br />
46. – CC, OFS C. Warren Surgeon VF 3.000 – 4.000<br />
Dr. Crawford Warren was born at Holly Brook Park, Clontarf, Dublin, Eire on 9 October 1861.<br />
He qualified at Trinity College, Dublin L. (L.M.) R.C.P. and Southern Ireland in 1888; and<br />
progressed to F.R.C.S. Irel., in 1892.He first practised in Bengal. During the Second Anglo-Boer<br />
War did service as a Civil Surgeon in Nos. 3 General Hospital, Kimberley and 8 General Hospital,<br />
Bloemfontein. He was discharged from service on the Civil Surgeons list on 19 May 1901 and<br />
joined the Imperial Military Railways (I.M.R) at Waterval Onder thereafter. Documentary<br />
evidence suggests that he was to be awarded the bars: Tvl and SA’02 but these were not issued and<br />
his application for the KSA medal was declined on the basis of his having moved off to the I.M.R.<br />
His name appears on the nominal roll of the I.M.R but not on that medal roll. He registered<br />
formally as a general medical practitioner in South Africa in 1903 resident at Waterval Onder. In<br />
1907 he moved to Springs and in 1923 retired to Graaff Reinet.<br />
He died in the home of a friend in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin on 18. July 1944.<br />
Sold with detailed biography; Medical Register 1899; Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Directory of<br />
South Africa 1926-27; Women of South Africa 1913; medal rolls WO 100/226 (2 pages). Engraved.<br />
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Three bars<br />
47. – CC, OFS, Tvl P te F.W. Hennesy C.M.S.C. VF 1.500 – 2.500<br />
144 staff in the Cape Medical Staff Corps in 1901.<br />
Sold with brief historical note; medal roll WO 100/240.E/k.<br />
48. – CC, OFS, Jhb SR/T () W. Wisking Irish Hospital VF- 5.500 – 7.500<br />
William (Chatt) Wisking was born in Haselmere, Surrey on 8 March 1875, married Ethel Violet<br />
Mumford at St. Martins, London in July 1913 and died in London on 30 October 1932.<br />
His position on the staff of the Irish Hospital has long puzzled collectors. In point of fact, his<br />
profession was one of valet to Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, later 2 nd Earl of Iveagh K.G.,<br />
C.B., C.M.G., V.D. A.D.C., F.R.S., the Anglo-Irish businessman, politician and philanthropist.<br />
The Irish Hospital was established and funded by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1 st Earl of Iveagh, K.P.,<br />
G.C.V.O., F.R.S Wisking was employed by his son who held a captaincy on that staff of the<br />
hospital.<br />
Sold with extensive biographical and historical notes; medal roll WO 100/225.<br />
Rank on naming partly removed, hence the question mark above.<br />
49. – Tvl, LaingsN, SA’01 VF+ 3.000 – 4.500<br />
Surgeon G.E. Lockyer M.R.C.S.<br />
Gerard Edward Lockyer was born in Penzance, Cornwall 1869. In 1881, he was a resident of<br />
Christ’s Hospital School, Newgate Street, London, boarding together with some 260 other boys<br />
aged 10 to 18 years. Though the details are sketchy, the suggestion is that he was from a poor<br />
background. First registered on 4 August 1893 with a M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.), having<br />
qualified at Guy’s Hospital, London. A later entry in The Medical Directory states that he was a<br />
Civilian Surgeon in the South African Field Force between 1900–1901, attaining the rank of<br />
Captain. In civilian life, he was an active member of the British Medical Association and practiced<br />
at Much Wenlock, Salop, Shropshire. He retired in 1937 to board with the Rev. R. Meiklejohn,<br />
Metton Rectory, Roughton, Norwich. He died 14 September 1939 at the Cromer and Sheringham<br />
Nursing Home, West Runton when resident at The Rectory Metton, Norfolk. His effects were<br />
valued at £ 1249 4s. 5d. which he left to the rector’s wife, Lisa Annie Meiklejohn. He was awarded<br />
the QSA and bars for his services in South Africa. Sold with copy of Medical Register 1939; medal<br />
roll WO 100/226 (2 versions). Engraved naming as for surgeons.<br />
50. – CC, SA’01, SA’02 14743 P vt E.L. Penery R.A.M.C. EF 600 – 1.100<br />
Private E.L. Penery was of the Royal Army Medical Corps. During WWI he served as Warrant<br />
Officer/Staff Serjt. In the R.A.M.C. Field Pay Staff East Africa Labour Corp., for which he was<br />
MiD. Sold with medal roll WO 100/219; staff card; Supplement LG 4 March 1918. FRAMED<br />
51. – CC, SA’01, SA’02 A.S. Sieger Surgeon EF 2.500 – 3.600<br />
Albert Sophron Sieger was born 17 August 1874. He first registered as a practitioner 27 April<br />
1899 having qualified out of Edinburgh and Glasgow: L.R.C.P. (Edin.) 1899 L.R.C.S. (Edin.)<br />
1899 L.F.P.S. (Glasg.) 1899. After the South African War he went on to earn a D.P.H. R.C.P.S.<br />
(Edin.) 1903 and F.P.S. (Glasg.) 1903. His name last appears in the Medical Directory in 1937.<br />
His brother, Edward Louis Augustine Sieger, was also a medical practitioner qualifying on 9 th<br />
November 1905 with a M.B., Ch.B. (U.Glasg.). He and his brother practised from 19 Grey Place,<br />
Greenock. The circumstances of A.S. Sieger serving in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 are not<br />
known. Sold with brief biographical note; copy of Medical Register 1935; medal roll WO 100/226.<br />
Four bars<br />
52. – CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01 A.W. Harding Surgeon EF 2.500 – 3.600<br />
Alfred William Harding was born in London c. 25 November 1847. He died at 12 Sydney Place,<br />
Bath, England 25 February 1925. Harding first registered as a medical practitioner on the 3 rd<br />
September 1870, aged 23 years. He was married but without children. The Medical Register lists<br />
his qualifications as M.R.C.S. (Lond.) L.S.A. (Lond.) 1870 M.B. (U. Lond.) 1871. There are<br />
several medical journal publications attributable to him. Sold with medal roll WO 100/226: service<br />
with No. 6 Hospital, Johannesburg is indicated.<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> skimmed and officially re-engraved, SA’01 added with unofficial rivet.<br />
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53. – CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01 W. Sisam EF 1.200 – 2.400<br />
Dr. William Sisam was registered 19 May 1899 L.S.A. (London) (Mason University College);<br />
M.B. Ch.B. 1901, M.D. 1903 (University of Birmingham), D.P.H. (Camb.) 1905; B.Sc. (Pub.<br />
Health) 1905. He was M.O.H. West Berkshire combined district, Fellow Society of M.O.H.,<br />
Member Royal Sanitary Institute, (in 1940) late Asst. M.O.H. <strong>City</strong> of Birmingham, M.O.H.<br />
Handsworth District, Bacteriologist & M.O.H., West Riding, Yorkshire. Retired in 1947 register.<br />
Sold with research correspondence; literature; Medical Register 1907; medal rolls WO 100/226;<br />
WO 100/228.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Five bars<br />
54. – CC, Rhod, Tvl, SA’01, SA’02 EF 4.000 – 5.000<br />
Pte R.V. Doyle<br />
Med. Staff R.F.F.<br />
As was the case with previous researchers, the biographical details<br />
of Robert Villiers Doyle long eluded the seller. All that could be<br />
stated until recently was that…<br />
“Doyle was discharged from the Medical Staff, Rhodesia Field<br />
Force on 13 th August 1900 and the first two bars are confirmed<br />
on WO 100/224 (Royal Army Medical Corps: Militia Volunteers,<br />
Rhodesian Field Force, Miscellaneous Civilians). The other<br />
three bars have unofficial rivets and it is possible that he earned<br />
them through subsequent service with a unit yet to be identified”.<br />
This is now proven to be correct.<br />
Robert Villiers Doyle was born in July 1877 at Greystones (Na<br />
Clocha Liatha), Co. Wicklow, Ireland, the son of Peter and<br />
Margaret Doyle. His parents moved to Bradford between 1897 to<br />
1881 presumably in search of work. Evidently R.V. Doyle<br />
received a good education for his handwriting is well-formed, and<br />
his syntax sound.<br />
At some stage, Doyle moved to Africa, participating in the 1897<br />
Bechuanaland Rebellion (the so-called “Langeveld Campaign”)<br />
for which reportedly he earned the Cape of Good Hope General Service <strong>Medal</strong> bar 1897.<br />
He went on to join the Medical Staff of the Rhodesia Field Force, presumably in Rhodesia in May<br />
1900, and reputedly was discharged there from on the 13 th August 1900, though he later records his<br />
service with the corps as being 11 months. He recounts that he was with the Cape Town<br />
Highlanders after that for 6 years, ceasing service in 1904.<br />
Presumably over this period he met and married in Kimberley Julia Margaret Daniels. Between<br />
1900 and 1910, together they had four children. When he was demobilised he became a traveller,<br />
the family home becoming 7 Station Road, Observatory.<br />
In 1914, he joined the Cape Garrison Artillery for 10 months ceasing duty on 19 th July 1915.<br />
Thereafter, travelling to Potchefstroom, he volunteered for the South African Overseas<br />
Expeditionary Force on 21 st August 1915.<br />
He was signed up and sent to the South African General Hospital, Wynberg (General Duties<br />
Section) on 4 th September 1915, his Commanding Officer being Major E.N. Thornton.<br />
On 25 th September 1914 he was transferred to the South African Military Hospital, (Richmond<br />
Military Hospital-Sanitary Section) where he remained until boarded on 1 st January 1917, his<br />
Commanding Officer being Capt. G.S. Coghlan, R.A.M.C.<br />
Whilst there, he was hospitalised between 6 th to 18 th July 1916 in “Richmond Park” for what was<br />
diagnosed as a duodenal ulcer.<br />
He was discharged on pension from Service on 27 th July 1917, in terms of Para. 392, King’s<br />
Regulations “No longer fit for war service”. His London address in December 1917 was listed as<br />
11 Shakespeare-Terrace, Richmond Surrey.<br />
Evidently he generated some sympathy amongst the physicians for regular medical follow-up was<br />
offered thereafter. By 8 th August 1918, when seen at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, he was still ill<br />
and considered 30% disabled remaining on pension.<br />
However, the chronicity of the ailment concerned some attending physicians, for it was considered<br />
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that the complaint preceded his attestation and, as such, did not make him eligible for war pension.<br />
In September 1918, the Pensions Board decided to grant him one final gratuity of £ 75.00 and rid<br />
themselves of the problem. His address at the time was Miralite Ltd, 103 High Street, Mortlake, his<br />
employment as a traveller.<br />
Robert Villiers Doyle of 11 Shakespeare-Terrace, Richmond Surrey died 3 rd June 1936 at the<br />
Royal Hospital Richmond cause unknown. He was 58 years old.<br />
His death was registered at Surrey, N.E. (formerly the Kingston and Richmond registration<br />
districts) in the June QRT of 1936; and probate issued in London, England on 17 th June in favour<br />
of Edith Mary Argent, spinster. His effects were valued at £291 5s. He was buried in Richmond<br />
Cemetery, London on 8 th June 1936.<br />
Sold with detailed biographical essay; documentation of the relevant medal rolls WO 127/19; WO<br />
100/224; WO 100/241 (2 versions).Date bars added with unofficial rivet.<br />
55. – TugH, OFS, RoL, Tvl, LaingsN VF- 4.200 – 6.500<br />
Br: E.O. Goatley Natal Vol: Amb: C.<br />
Ernest Octavius Goatley. As is the case in so many of the biographies on this site, the recorded<br />
history of Ernest Octavius Goatley is one filled more with gaps than substance. He is likely to have<br />
been the eighth child born to parents David Grafton Goatley and Sarah Oliver Treffy. His father<br />
was a wealthy purser, secretary and mine owner in Cornwall and Devon.<br />
We first meet E.O. Goatley, aged 26 years, in South Africa in 1880 for his name appears on The<br />
Cape of Good Hope General Service <strong>Medal</strong> Roll as having participated in the Transkei<br />
Campaign (1880-1881). He is one of four members of Usher’s Contingent or Rangers who applied<br />
for and was granted the medal, in his case with one bar. Ernest Octavius Goatley together with his<br />
brother Edward Belcher Treffy Goatley appear to have migrated eastward to Natal circa 1883. The<br />
latter worked in the customs department of the civil service of the colony from 1888 to 1905 when<br />
he was suspended, a dispute ensuing which lasted for some five years .<br />
Nothing is known of what Ernest Octavius Goatley did between 1883 and 1899.<br />
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) was declared on 11 th October 1899. Aged 45 years, Ernest<br />
Goatley enrolled voluntarily for service within two months, first as a bearer with the Natal<br />
Volunteer Ambulance Corps, then as a section leader with the Imperial Bearer Corps and lastly,<br />
and in my view most extraordinarily, as No. 560 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant with the<br />
Pietersburg Light Horse, his name appearing on the nominal roll of the The Bushveldt<br />
Carbineers. He also had a KSA issued to him off the roll of the Pietersburg Light Horse.<br />
He was discharged after the amnesty in July 1902.<br />
How Ernest Goatley earned an income after his discharge is unclear. An E. Goatley went farming,<br />
concurrent with his doing duty with the Umvoti Mounted Rifles but there is no evidence of<br />
whether this was our subject or his brother. One suspects the latter.<br />
The final documentation of Ernest Goatley’s whereabouts is his death notice. Therein we read that<br />
he had remained a bachelor, having settled in Philippolis in the western Orange Free State where<br />
he was a bookkeeper.<br />
He died in the Jagersfontein Hospital (district Fauresmith) on 28 September 1926 aged 72 years.<br />
Sold with biographical essay; copies of medal rolls WO 100/249; 100/263; 100/364.<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> re-suspended and fitted with copy bars.<br />
Natal Rebellion <strong>Medal</strong><br />
bar: 1906<br />
56. – Pte. F. Nelson Natal Medical Corps. EF 2.500 – 3.200<br />
Confirmed with 1906 bar, <strong>Medal</strong> Roll No. 13. No details of the recipient known.<br />
The Natal Medical Corps was formed in 1899 as the Natal Volunteers Medical Corps and was<br />
made up of unit staff detachments already in existence. The Commanding Officer until 1914 was<br />
Lt.-Col. Hyslop D.S.O., V.D. In 1899, and again in 1907, the strength was 14 officers, 46 other<br />
ranks and 18 nurses. The unit served in the South African War 1899-1902 and Zulu Rebellion.<br />
It became the 2 nd Field Ambulance of the South African Corps in 1913.<br />
Sold with journal article S.A. Military History Society Journal Vol. 8 No. 1 – June 1989.”The<br />
Bambata Rebellion of 1906: Nkandla Operations and the Battle of Mome Gorge, 10 June 1906”.<br />
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Pairs<br />
57. –QSA; KSA Sr. M. Pepper EF 3.000 – 5.000<br />
Civilian Nursing Sister Miss Maud Pepper served in the South African War in No. 7 General<br />
Hospital, Potchefstroom Hospital, Transvaal and for this she was awarded the QSA and the KSA.<br />
For service during the War of 1914-1918, Sr. Maud Pepper, Matron, was awarded the Associate of<br />
the Royal Red Cross (A.R.R.C.), gazetted in the Supplement to the LG on 4 April 1919; p. 4382.<br />
Sold with Royal Red Cross (Geo.V) (2 nd class) dated 1943; Suppl. LG 4.4.1919; medal rolls WO<br />
100/223; WO 100/229 (2 versions); WO 100/353. FRAMED<br />
58. – QSA 3 bars: CC, OFS, Tvl G. Mowat Surgeon; EF 5.500 – 8.000<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 Civ. Surgn. G. Mowat<br />
Dr. George Mowat. It transpires that there were at least two medical practitioners with the name<br />
George Mowat who participated in military activities in southern Africa during the Second Anglo-<br />
Boer War. What follows is a biographical note relating to the former owner of these medals.<br />
Dr. George Mowat was born 17 th September 1873 in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, the<br />
youngest child of Robert Mowat J.P. and Elizabeth Irvine née Hunter. He was educated at<br />
Garnethill School, Glasgow, and at Glasgow University, where he graduated M.B. and C.M. on<br />
22 nd October 1895. He practised for some years in Cumberland, Northwest England.<br />
During the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) he served as a Civil Surgeon. On 11 th January 1900,<br />
George Mowat of “Longcroft”, Thornton Hall, East Kilbride signed a holographic Will beginning<br />
“I, George Mowat, being about to proceed to South Africa as civilian surgeon in the British<br />
Army and in view of the uncertainty of life …, leaving his estate to his 3 sisters, and his father as<br />
executor.<br />
On the 29 th January 1900 London Times Shipping List carried the following entry: “The transport<br />
Manhattan reached Queenstown at 9 o’clock yesterday morning. She took on the 5 th and 9 th<br />
Batteries, RFA, composed of 9 officers, 340 men, 274 horses, 12 guns, and 22 vehicles. The<br />
officers of the 5 th Battery are Maj. Lane, Capt. Stewart and Lts. Gray and Roberts and the 9 th<br />
Battery Maj. Wedderburn, Capt. Wilson and Lts. Bird, Addison and Hamilton. Civil Surgeon<br />
George Mowat also joined.” Mowat’s obituary states that, for his services in “the Boer war, (he<br />
was) twice mentioned in dispatches, and gain(ed) the South African medal”.<br />
In 1909, he returned and settled in South Africa and was appointed shortly afterwards one of the<br />
Railway Medical Officers in Yeoville, Johannesburg. In 1914, his address was listed as the Belfast-<br />
Lydenburg Line, Linesklip near Belfast, Transvaal. When the 1914-1918 war broke out, he joined<br />
the Pretoria Regiment obtaining a combatant commission as a lieutenant, later promoted to captain,<br />
and served through the campaign in German S.W.A. On the close of hostilities, he joined the South<br />
African Infantry and was sent to Europe with the South African contingent as a captain in the 4 th<br />
South African Infantry (South African Scottish). Whilst serving thus, he was killed on the first day<br />
of fighting in the Battle of Butte de Warlencourt fought between the 12 th -19 th October 1916.<br />
In his book The History Of The Transvaal Scottish Capt. H.C. Juta describes Mowat’s final<br />
hours as follows:<br />
“On October 12 th , The South African Scottish, under Major (D.R.) Hunt, went over the top<br />
under a hail of machine gun bullets falling through the thick mist and smoke; so heavily did<br />
they suffer, that they failed to reach the first objective, and were relieved on the 13 th when they<br />
moved back to High Wood. During the action, Capt. Mowat was killed while gallantly leading,<br />
well in front of his men, to within five yards of the German trench. Lieut. Polson and Lieut.<br />
Quinton also were killed”. His father was informed by telegram on 18 th October 1916. Mowat is<br />
reported as having been buried in “No Man’s Land, ½ mile east of Le Sans, 3 miles S.W. of<br />
Bapaume”.<br />
South African casualties were approximately 1.150 including 45 officers, 16 of whom were killed.<br />
His South African Army Service Records have not been accessed. His life and sacrifice is<br />
celebrated on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.<br />
His WWI medals are not present.<br />
Sold with biographical essay; copies of medal rolls WO 100/140; 100/226 (3 versions);<br />
100/352.Engraved naming.<br />
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59. – QSA Nursing Sister Mrs. E.M. Gemmel; EF 5.000 – 7.000<br />
BWM Nurse E.M. Gemmel<br />
Elsie Marion Gemmell (née Booker). The Siege of Mafeking ran from 16 October 1899 until 17<br />
May 1900, and Mrs. Elsie Marion (née Booker) Gemmell was documented as being there.<br />
It appears that Mrs. Gemmell enrolled as a Nurse Probationer in South African Military Hospitals<br />
at the Old Court House, Durban on 30 November 1916. She worked at No. 3 General Hospital,<br />
Durban until October 1917 when she was transferred to King’s House. She was released from<br />
service on 31 January 1918. There are several matters related in the research essay which to-date<br />
have defied explanation. Sold with research essay; photograph (The “Egg Flip” Brigade Siege of<br />
Mafeking: Nursing Staff & Military Nurses); medal roll WO 100/226; WWI military record; copy<br />
of SA Women’s Who’s Who, 1953.QSA as usual officially re-impressed.<br />
Trios<br />
60. – QSA no bar Surg. Capt. C.W. Hunter EF 9.500 – 13.500<br />
Koffiefontein D.F.; QSA bar: OFS C.W. Hunter Surgeon;<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 Civ. Surg. C.W. Hunter S.A.F.F.<br />
Dr. Charles William Hunter This lot represents a rare issuance of the duplicate Queen’s South<br />
Africa medal, first confirmed by Winifred N. Scott in 1988. The author suspects that this anomaly<br />
is the result of the personalities and backgrounds of three people: Major James Wege Robertson,<br />
Surgeon Major Robert John Shaw Simpson and the recipient Dr. Charles William Hunter.<br />
This notion is explored in some detail in two essays which are included in the lot.<br />
Dr. Hunter was born in Forfar, Angus, Scotland 3 July 1861. He qualified in Edinburgh in 1886,<br />
and registered on the 28 July 1887. For 9 years he was a respected member of his father’s practice<br />
in Forfar. He came to Southern Africa in 1895 after the doctors in Scotland had given him 6<br />
months to live on account of an unspecified lung ailment, presumably either severe asthma or,<br />
more likely, tuberculosis. He practised in Kimberley, Douglas and Campbell with the dry climate<br />
apparently affecting a complete cure. He returned to Scotland in 1896, spending 3 years there<br />
gaining a Masters in Surgery, with special expertise in ophthalmic surgery and anaesthesiology. In<br />
1909, he was awarded an M.D. by the University of Edinburgh.<br />
On his return to South Africa in 1899, he was requested to forego Kimberley and go to<br />
Koffiefontein. There he functioned as medical officer to the Koffiefontein Mines Ltd., and surgeon<br />
to the then Republican Koffiefontein Town Hospital until, in May 1901, his contract with the latter<br />
came to an end “the funds being exhausted”. With the occupation of Koffiefontein by the British<br />
forces, he was appointed Civil Surgeon in charge of the 3 rd Battalion Kings Own Scottish<br />
Borderers detachment. He managed two hospitals in the “dorp” (village), having turned the Town<br />
Hall into a second hospital solely for the care of Republicans. He became bilingual in English and<br />
Afrikaans, and applied himself in public service without fear or favour. The testimonial from the<br />
Officer Commanding the 3 rd Battalion, Capt. Harold Crichton-Browne, bears testimony to his<br />
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diligence, humanity and skill. After the war, he was warmly congratulated by the authorities for his<br />
services to both friend and foe alike, and was awarded both the QSA and eventually the KSA in<br />
recognition thereof. He acted as District Surgeon to Koffiefontein from October 1899 – April 1900,<br />
September 1900 – May 1901 and June – December 1901, where after he received a full-time<br />
appointment at the princely salary of £50.00 per annum. This had followed considerable, inexplicit<br />
opposition on the part of the then Acting Resident Magistrate and commander of the Koffiefontein<br />
Defence Force, Capt. (later Major) J.W. Robertson. He mooted numerous people as suitable<br />
candidates rather than Hunter, and all this in the face of admirable references which already were<br />
lodged with the Army Administration and known to local medical illuminate.<br />
Hunter, in turn, appears to have been well connected for, over a period of months, he cited Dr.<br />
Ashe of Kimberley, Jas(per) Hill Esq., Member of the Legislative Assembly; The Very Rev.<br />
Archdeacon Holbeck; Colonel Duke R.A.M.C. and Colonel Allin as persons who could be<br />
approached for local references. However, the proposition made obliquely by H.F. Wilson,<br />
Secretary of the Orange River Colony Administration to Robertson, that Dr. Yule be asked to<br />
adjudicate the matter, together with correspondence from the Manager of Koffiefontein Mine,<br />
Walter S. Whitworth finally appears to have focussed minds and ended the unpleasant debate.<br />
From correspondence with Captain Trollope, Chief Superintendent, Refugee Camps,<br />
Bloemfontein, we learn that Hunter had travelled to Rhodesia to pursue a mining proposition, and<br />
preparatory to this had resigned his commission. This alleged resignation is contrary to the official<br />
record which shows him as resigning from Army service in 1905.<br />
Aside from running a private practice for many years, Hunter was District Surgeon, Medical<br />
Officer to the Imperial Railways and Medical Officer to the Koffiefontein Mines, which position<br />
he retained till the mines ceased operations. He served the community for a considerable period as<br />
Justice of the Peace (1902 onwards), Councillor and for a time as Mayor. He died at Koffiefontein<br />
on 17 July 1945. Sold with detailed biographical and contextual essays; documentation of the<br />
relevant medal rolls WO 100/226; 100/283; 100/352.<br />
Four<br />
61. – QSA bar: SA’01 Civ: Vet: Surg: J.B Cowx A.V.D.; EF 7.000 – 10.000<br />
1914 Star bar: 5 th Aug.-22 nd Nov. 1914; BWM; AVM (Brit.) Lieut. J.B. Cowx A.V.C.<br />
Joseph Braithwaite Cowx was born in Liverpool first QRT of 1873.He qualified M.R.C.V.S.<br />
(New Edinburgh) on 30 March 1896. During the Anglo- Boer War (1899–1902) he saw service in<br />
South Africa as a Civil Veterinary Surgeon attached to the Army Veterinary Department.<br />
He returned to England on board the British Princess on 13 May 1901. Thereafter, he practised in<br />
Teignmouth and Liverpool. He died in Bournemouth on 11 March 1949, aged 76 years.<br />
For his service in the WWI, Lieutenant J.B. Cowx A.V.C was awarded the 1914 Star with bar, the<br />
BWM and AVM. The first striking QSA medal (with ghost dates) and 1901 bar, together with the<br />
1914 Star with bar (5 August – 22 November 1914) make this an unusual combination.<br />
The involvement of a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon makes the combination rare.<br />
Sold with obituary The Veterinary Record 1949; medal rolls WO 100/230; WWI record cards.<br />
62. Four – QSA 1856 Ord: C. Russell St. John Amb: Bde:; EF 7.500 – 10.000<br />
St. John Ambulance Brigade <strong>Medal</strong> for South Africa 1899-1902 (bronze)<br />
1856 Pt e C.O. Russell Bradford Corps.; BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te C.O. Russell S.A.M.C.<br />
Charles Orton Russell was born in Bradford in 1880. He was Wesleyan. He served in South<br />
Africa during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital (see below),<br />
first as a member of the Bradford Corps, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade (S.J.A.B.)(12 months) and<br />
later in F Coy, Cape Medical Staff Corps (16 months).<br />
He was entitled to a CC bar on his QSA but appears not to have received it. He remained in South<br />
Africa after the war 1899-1902; as an engine driver living in Maselspoort near Bloemfontein when,<br />
on 28 March 1917, he was recruited on attestation to the South African Field Ambulance Unit,<br />
South African Medical Corps (S.A.M.C.). He did two tours of duty attached to the 1 st South<br />
African Field Artillery, part of the British Expeditionary Force in France, first being gassed (1917)<br />
and later shot (1918). He died in Johannesburg 14 August 1948. A very fine group. Sold with<br />
research essay; WWI military record; 3 Journal articles; medal roll WO 100/225 (2 versions); WO<br />
100/240.Fine scratches on obverse of QSA.<br />
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63. – QSA; KSA Nursing Sister B.M. Cornell; VF- 10.000 – 13.500<br />
1914-15 Star S/Nurse B.M. Cornell Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.;<br />
BWM; AVM (Brit.) Sister B.M. Cornell; Queen Alexandra’s Imperial<br />
Military Nursing Service Reserve Cape Badge (1907-50) unnamed as issued<br />
Bertha (Bert) Mary Cornell was born in Saffron Walden, Essex on 21 September 1872. She was<br />
one of 7 children born to William Cornell, a basket maker, and his wife Ellen.<br />
The 1881 census of England and Wales has her living with her family in the village of<br />
Wethersfield in Essex and attending school there. Later she enrolled for nurses’ training at the<br />
West End Hospital, London.<br />
On 9 March 1900 she was appointed to the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Services Reserve<br />
(No. R400) and the South African Field Force.<br />
She first reported to No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg in July 1901. Two weeks later she reported<br />
to No. 8 General Hospital, Bloemfontein. Undated photographs among her possessions suggest<br />
that she served at the Naval Hill Military Families’ Hospital, Bloemfontein.<br />
Over a period of time she travelled via Bloemhof to the Camp Hospital, Pietersburg, the Families’<br />
Military Hospital, Robert’s Heights (later Voortrekkerhoogte) Pretoria and the Kleinfontein Mine<br />
Hospital, Benoni, Transvaal. WWI service started at Reading War Hospital No. 5, Katesgrove.<br />
On 14 November 1915 she boarded the Hospital Ship Essequibo and ended up at the Deccan<br />
British Hospital, Kirkee, Poona, India.<br />
In later years, as a War Veteran Pensioner, she and her 3 sisters lived in East London, South<br />
Africa; Bertha Mary, Katherine Judith and Lois Eva Collier sharing a home. Bertha Mary Cornell<br />
died on 4 July 1959 in Bryanston, Johannesburg whilst visiting her niece.<br />
She was buried in East London.<br />
Sold with extensive biographical essay, her original nursing cape and Queen Alexandra's Imperial<br />
Military Nursing Service Reserve lapel badge; a rare original Membership certificate (No. R400)<br />
of the Army Nursing Reserve dated 9 March 1900 and signed by Helena, the Princess Christian of<br />
Schleswig-Holstein; a copy of medal rolls WO 100/229 (2), 100/353, a quantity of contemporary<br />
Anglo-Boer War and WWI nursing photographs including several of the recipient.<br />
WORLD WAR II<br />
Groups<br />
Pair<br />
64. – WM; ASM 309037 P.M. Doran EF 400 – 600<br />
309037V Captain (Nursing Sister) Patricia Morrison Doran later Shirer was born in Aliwal-<br />
North on 10 July 1920 and died 14 February 2001.<br />
She served as a volunteer in the South African Military Nursing Services between 1942 and 1950;<br />
first as a Theatre Sister at South African Military (S.A.M.) Hospital, Ladysmith, Natal and at<br />
S.A.M. Hospital, Palmietkuil, Southern Transvaal and later as a Ward Sister (Plastic Surgery) in<br />
the Military Section I of the Johannesburg General Hospital and at No. 2 S.A.M Hospital,<br />
Wynberg, Cape. Inter alia she became the first Nurse Health Educator in Cape Town.<br />
Sold with various military and nursing accoutrements.<br />
FRAMED<br />
FAMILY GROUPS<br />
BURT family<br />
65. Single – 4 bars: CC; OFS, Tvl, SA’01 EF 5.500 – 7.500<br />
Sergt. A. Burt<br />
Langman Hospital<br />
Albert Burt, though having the rank of Lance Corporal in 1900, received a Queen’s South Africa<br />
medal which bore no rank inscribed. Moving from the establishment of the Langman Hospital to<br />
the Royal Garrison Artillery, he attained the rank of sergeant in 1901, had that rank inscribed on<br />
the Q.S.A. and attached the SA’01 bar which was issued January 1905.<br />
He left South Africa in 1901, was sent to the British garrison on Malta and died in a motorcar<br />
accident in Britain in 1908.<br />
Sold with a CD of images (photographic and documentary); detailed essay on the subject’s<br />
military and personal background. QSA officially re-impressed and rank re-engraved.<br />
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66. Four – QSA 3 bars: CC, OFS, Tvl Corpl. W. Burt EF 6.500 – 8.500<br />
Langman Hospital; 1914-15 Star S4-091005. Pte. W.H. Burt A.S.C.; BWM S4-<br />
091005 A-S-Sjt. W.H. Burt A.S.C.; AVM (Brit.) S4-091005 A.S.Sjt. W.H. Burt A.S.C.<br />
Late in 1900, Weston Harris Burt left the establishment of the Langman Hospital for the Duke of<br />
Edinburgh Own Volunteer Rifles. There he received promotion and earned a KSA medal with two<br />
bars SA’01 and SA’02 which he appears not to have claimed.<br />
After 1902 he may well have remained in the British armed forces for his photograph circa 1917<br />
shows him wearing a ribbon suggestive of a medal other than those presently listed.<br />
At the outbreak of WWI, he joins the Army Service Corps, and is sent with the Mediterranean<br />
Expeditionary Force to join the troops destined for Gallipoli. He contracts hepatitis which is<br />
sufficiently debilitating for him to be hospitalised, but probably saved his life.<br />
Even though later he is sent to Palestine, his rehabilitation from a likely synergetic syndrome is<br />
sufficiently slow for him to be demoted, repatriated to Britain and medically boarded. His service<br />
is rewarded with a further 3 medals. He returns to his trade as a baker, and later to an active and<br />
worthwhile civilian life. He died in Britain in 1946. Sold with CD of images (photographic &<br />
documentary); essay on the subject’s military and personal background; medical diseases in the<br />
Mediterranean Theatre of War; printout of Military History Journal, v. 6, No. 4 December 1984<br />
Gallipoli: The Landings of 25 April 1915. QSA officially re-impressed.<br />
REED/REID family<br />
Though the authenticity of the claim has always been in question and confounded research, historically these<br />
medals have been reported as being those of a brother and sister. In both instances, the family name REED<br />
was misspelt, this giving rise to the confusion. Research has finally clarified this matter.<br />
The following lots 67 & 68 have been placed in one frame.<br />
FRAMED<br />
Bids however, will be accepted for individual lots. In which case they will be removed from the frame.<br />
67. Single – QSA N. Reed EF 1.400 – 1.800<br />
Civilian Nursing Sister Miss N. Reed (Read corrected to Reed on the roll) served in the South<br />
African War. She was awarded the QSA without bar. Nurses did not to receive the bars to which<br />
their service entitled them. Sold with journal article; medal rolls WO 100/229.<br />
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68. Trio – QSA bar: DoK; Kimberley Star unnamed as issued; EF 6.600 – 8.000<br />
Natal Rebellion <strong>Medal</strong> bar: 1906 Tpr L.J. Reed<br />
Serjt. L.J. Reid : Sgt L J Reid (sic Reed), Kimberley Town Guard was awarded the QSA <strong>Medal</strong>,<br />
(WO100/282), the Kimberley Star (Mayor's Siege <strong>Medal</strong>) and Tpr. L.J. Reed the Natal Rebellion<br />
with bar 1906 as a Trooper in the Northern Districts Mounted Rifles (Northern District Mounted<br />
Rifles: confirmed with 1906 bar <strong>Medal</strong> Roll No. 28). Sold with WO100/282.<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS<br />
69. Five – Egypt <strong>Medal</strong> 1882-89 bar: Suakin EF/EF- 7.500 – 10.000<br />
4120 Sergt. J.B. Connolly M.S. Corps; QSA 3 bars: CC, Paard, Drief; KSA 2 bars:<br />
SA’01, SA’02 Lt.&Qr. Mr. J.B. Connolly R.A.M.C.; LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong> (Vict.) (2 nd type)<br />
4120 1/Cl. S.Sgt. J.B. Connolly M.S.C.; Khedive Star unnamed as issued<br />
John Beresford Connolly was born in the East Indies on 7 th August 1864 and joined the Army as a<br />
14 year old boy on 7 August 1878.<br />
His Irish birth certificate has his name spelled Connolly, the spelling used by his descendants.<br />
In 1881, he is recorded as being a bugler in the Army Hospital Corps. By October 1885, he held the<br />
rank of Sergeant, Medical Staff Corps at the “Curragh Camp” and as a result, earned an entitlement<br />
to the Egypt <strong>Medal</strong> (with Suakin bar) and the Khedive Bronze Star for the 1885 Sudan Expedition.<br />
Between 1892 and 1896 he did duty in Ceylon.<br />
He was recommended for the LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong> on 1 st October 1897, being promoted to Sergeant Major<br />
on 6 February 1899. By February 1900, in the 3 rd Company, R.A.C.M. he was attached to 2 nd Division<br />
Field Hospital in South Africa. During the Anglo-Boer War he was participating in the advance on<br />
Kimberley, the action at Magersfontein, Poplar Grove and Driefontein.<br />
He later served in the Orange Free State (December 1900 to January 1901) and thereafter in the Cape<br />
Colony until the end of hostilities in May 1902.<br />
In 1907 he is doing duty at the Royal Victorian Hospital, Netley, Southampton.<br />
In March 1910, he is recorded as being a Hon. Captain.<br />
He died on 20 October 1913, aged 49 years (possibly in Wynberg, Cape) with his death registered in<br />
Croydon, England.<br />
Sold with biographical essay; compendium of research documents; contemporary photographs;<br />
medal rolls WO 100/G9/419; WO 100/67; WO 100/232; WO 100/288.<br />
70. Seven – QSA 4 bars: RoK, Paarde, Drief, Tvl; EF- 6.000 – 9.000<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02; 1914 Star bar: 5 th Aug.-22 nd Nov.1914 12283<br />
Pvt. W. Carter R.A.M.C.; BWM; AVM (MiD) 12283 A.W.O. Cl. 2. W. Carter;<br />
LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong>(Mil.) (Geo.V) 12283 Cpl. W. Carter R.A.M.C.;<br />
Médaille des Epidémies with star emblem (silver)(French <strong>Medal</strong> of Honour for Epidemics)<br />
12283 M. W. Carter 1920. Sold with medal rolls WO100/233; WO100/351; LG 19.10.1914; LG<br />
15588 Suppl. 15.12.1919. Raised die-struck naming. FRAMED<br />
71. Single – Voluntary Medical Service <strong>Medal</strong> J. Lindsay EF 150 – 200<br />
This medal was established in 1932 for award to members of the British Red Cross Society and the<br />
St. Andrews Ambulance Brigade for voluntary service of, at least, 15 years.<br />
A bar may be added every five years.<br />
The obverse shows a female bust symbolic of Florence Nightingale, and the reverse the Geneva<br />
and St. Andrews crosses with the legend "For Long and Efficient Service".<br />
(Ref: <strong>Medal</strong>s Yearbook 2013 No. 266). Details of recipient unknown.<br />
FRAMED<br />
72. Seven – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; DM; WM unnamed; VF 1.000 – 1.500<br />
Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1953 (Eliz.II); Voluntary Medical Service <strong>Medal</strong>; Hellenic Red<br />
Cross Decoration (4 th Cl) (1940-41)<br />
Grace E. Franklin Details of recipient unknown.<br />
FRAMED<br />
73. Pair – SAWS unnamed as issued; EF 300 – 400<br />
Service <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem A.O. Charlton<br />
4201 A.O. Charlton, of the South African St. John's Ambulance Brigade Division 1944.<br />
Enquiries made of St. John’s Brigade Office in 1996 elicited no information.<br />
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ANGLO-BOER WAR MEDALLIONS<br />
LOT 74 OBVERSE<br />
LOT 75 REVERSE<br />
74. – S.S. Maine American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund 1899 EF 1.600 – 2.200<br />
HH: 58 (silver) Though the principle purpose in creating this medallion was to raise funds, it is<br />
postulated that those created in silver were presented to the committee members of the Hospital<br />
Fund and certain chosen others. Fitted with a brooch mount on reverse.<br />
An extremely rare and historically significant medical Anglo Boer War medallion.<br />
PROVENANCE: WILLEM JOUBERT COLLECTION<br />
75. – S.S. Maine American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund 1899 VF 1.200 – 1.800<br />
HH: 58 (white metal) A scarce and historically significant medical Anglo-Boer War medallion.<br />
BOY SCOUTS; ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY; BOYS BRIGADE<br />
76. Seven – Boy’s Scout Silver Gallantry Cross (2 nd class) EF 22.500 – 35.000<br />
engr. “L. Ryden 5.12.1934”; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star;<br />
France & Germany Star; DM; WM all unnamed<br />
Scout Lionel George Henry Ryden of the 1 st Colwyn Bay (St. Paul’s) Group was awarded Boy's<br />
Scout 2 nd class Silver Gallantry Cross in recognition of his gallantry in rescuing a boy from<br />
drowning in the sea at Colwyn Bay on October 15 th , 1934.<br />
Born in Chepstow, Glamorganshire in November 1922. Aged 14 years he joined the British Army<br />
as a Trumpeter in the Royal Artillery.<br />
Wounded at Dunkirk, he later served in Africa, Sicily, Italy, and through the D-day landings in<br />
France. 872082 Lance Bombardier Lionel Ryden was KiA on the third day of “Operation Market<br />
Garden” (the Battle of Arnhem), Wednesday 20 September 1944. His group - 1 Airlanding Anti-<br />
Tank Brigade, Royal Artillery - took a direct hit.<br />
Of the 2.526 men of 1 st Airlanding Brigade that left England for Operation Market Garden, there<br />
were 230 killed, 476 evacuated and 1.822 were missing or prisoners of war. (Ref: Nigl, Alfred J.,<br />
2007. Silent Wings Savage Death.)<br />
PROVENANCE:LIVERPOOL MEDAL CO., 1998<br />
Sold with the Certificate of Award for the Scouts Gallantry Cross; original documentation;<br />
Borough of Colwyn Bay Memorial Certificate 1939-45, named; 2 letters of congratulation; 6 news<br />
cuttings several of which show his portrait.<br />
FRAMED<br />
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77. Single – Boy Scouts Gallantry Cross (3 rd class) EF 10.000 – 12.500<br />
J.H. Murray “Sixer” of the 252 nd Liverpool Group was awarded the Boy Scouts Gilt Gallantry<br />
Cross 3 rd class on 1 October 1930 for rescuing a boy from drowning in a pond at Irby Hall, Irby,<br />
Lancashire on 6 August 1930. PROVENANCE:LOT 77 DIX NOONAN WEBB 28 FEBRUARY 1998.<br />
Sold with an original photograph of Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1 st Baron<br />
Baden-Powell of Gilwell O.M., K.C.M.G., K.C.B.,K.C.V.O. (1857 - 1941) Christmas 1931;<br />
contemporary woggle, whistle, Boy Scout lapel badge, trouser belt and felt hat. FRAMED<br />
78. Single – Royal Humane Society <strong>Medal</strong> (bronze) EF 4.250 – 7.200<br />
engraved in large capitals: Cecil Atkinson Feby. 8. 1906<br />
Cecil William Ferguson Atkinson (son of Frank and Margaret Atkinson) was born in Limerick,<br />
Ireland in circa 21 January 1877.<br />
He died in Johannesburg 5 December 1942.<br />
Atkinson was at Trinity College Dublin, where twice he was the Vice-Chancellor’s prizeman and<br />
was commissioned Captain in the Dublin Fusiliers.<br />
He emigrated to Southern Africa in 1902, entering public service.<br />
On 8. February 1906, a cart with four persons on board (Mrs. D.H. Mills (35), her infant (1), Miss<br />
M. Brink (17) and a black African) was swept away when crossing the Groenvleisluit at<br />
Fauresmith, Orange River Colony. Together with Harold P. Wright, a sub-inspector of the South<br />
African Constabulary, Atkinson saved the women and child. The black African swam to safety<br />
unaided.<br />
At the time, Atkinson was 32 years old and was Acting-Resident Magistrate at Koffiefontein.<br />
The Royal Humane Society medal in bronze was presented to Atkinson by the Governor of the<br />
Orange River Colony, Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams, on behalf of George, Prince of Wales.<br />
For a while, he was an Acting-Magistrate in Koffiefontein but spent most of his professional life as<br />
a magistrate in Boksburg and Chief Magistrate of Springs, for which he was renowned.<br />
He married, first, Edith Geraldine Strong (do. James Henry and Sarah Strong), born Dublin circa<br />
7 August 1872 dying in Boksburg 8 October 1917.<br />
He later married the singer Susanna Margaret Roux.<br />
There were no offspring from either union.<br />
Sold with caricature of Atkinson in his role as Magistrate (A.R.M.); with miniature medal; original<br />
Royal Humane Society citation; presentation case (worn); newspaper cuttings.<br />
FRAMED<br />
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79. Single – QSA 4 bars: CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01 EF 3.200 – 5.000<br />
2792 Pte. J. Hunt 23 rd Coy. 8 th Imp. Yeo.<br />
James Hunt was born circa 1876, the son of James Hunt of Manchester.<br />
He was admitted to No. 1 Military Hospital, Wynberg by H.C.W. Wood on 14 May 1901 severely<br />
debilitated following a bout of malaria.<br />
He was discharged “improving” on 23 May 1901. He left for England aboard the HMT Assegai<br />
on 26 May 1901 arriving Netley 11 June 1901.<br />
He was discharged from the army on 19 July 1901 after serving 1 year and 126 days.<br />
He went to live in Manchester.<br />
Entitled to all 4 bars. Last 2 added later (probably later issue.)<br />
FRAMED<br />
Sold with a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum dated 15 January 1902 was awarded<br />
to Hunt for:<br />
"having in October 1900 gone to the rescue of Trooper Mucklow who was in imminent danger<br />
of drowning in the Modder River South Africa and whose life he gallantly saved".<br />
The vellum is signed by the then President, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, George. P.,<br />
later His Majesty, George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; brief<br />
biographical essay; attestation papers; medal rolls WO 100/123 (3 versions).<br />
80. Single – Boys’ Brigade EF 400 – 600<br />
The Boys’ Brigade, originally established by (Sir) William Alexander Smith in Glasgow, Scotland<br />
in 1883, was started in South Africa in 1889 in Pietermaritzburg.<br />
The Cape Town Battalion was formed in 1894 consisting of 16 companies and 500 members by<br />
1895.In 1996 this medal was unknown to the archivist of the Boys' Brigade, London.<br />
It is surmised that it was a standard issue pre-1926 medal awarded as recognition of an individual<br />
boy's efficiency or achievement.<br />
There was likely to be no significance to the ribbon colour nor the medal design. It rather reflected<br />
the fashion of the times. "Colours" suggests a then common Colour Competition, where<br />
individuals were marked for their turnout of uniform, attendance record etc.<br />
No central record was kept of such awards.<br />
The design was not specific to country, though the medal (of excellent quality) most likely<br />
originated in the United Kingdom.<br />
FRAMED<br />
WORLD WAR II<br />
Pairs<br />
81. – WM; ASM 586160 C. Wilson EF 200 – 400<br />
Four<br />
82. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; EF 300 – 400<br />
WM; ASM 9588 J.H. Wade Small impressed naming.<br />
Six<br />
83. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 700 – 1.000<br />
DM; WM; ASM R.G.A. Atkin<br />
Robert George Aubrey Atkin born of Annie Blodwen née Scotton (1885–1977) and Robert<br />
Twydale Atkin (1885–1963) “Aubrey” Atkin.<br />
He was educated at St. Joseph’s College (“Marist Brothers”), Rondebosch (1924–1927) and at<br />
South African College High School (“S.A.C.S.”) (1931–1933).<br />
After matriculation, he worked for Kodak (S.A.) Ltd. from August 1934 until October 1940 as<br />
"cine processing operator".<br />
Trooper R.G.A. Atkin joined the Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own) in November 1940. On<br />
the 8 th October 1944, the regiment was granted permission to wear the emblem and colours of the<br />
Brigade of Guards, with whom they enjoyed the closest of ties.<br />
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This was the only South African Regiment to be granted such an honour.<br />
Atkin saw harrowing action in the tank corps in North Africa and Italy; and was demobilised on 5<br />
October 1945. He bore the psychological scars of experiences he had in the Italian Campaign for<br />
the rest of his life.<br />
His army beret bore the cap badges of the Pretoria Regiment, the Coldstream, Scots and Irish<br />
Guards, and a Polish (Anders Army) Officer’s Cap Badge.<br />
On being discharged, he joined his father and entered the South African Railways as a clerk on<br />
15 November 1947. He remained in their service until his retirement.<br />
He was a fine horseman, devoted dog owner, and avid collector of exotic cage birds and<br />
budgerigars, many of which he exhibited as Avian Shows.<br />
He died in Victoria Hospital, Wynberg of pneumococcal pneumonia in 1990. He never married.<br />
Sold with various military accoutrements; a photograph of Atkin in military uniform; badges<br />
(lugs missing).<br />
FRAMED<br />
84. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; Italy Star; EF 550 – 800<br />
DM; WM; ASM 74758 G.L. Maitland<br />
Sold with original envelopes; ribbon issue letter.<br />
85. – 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; EF 550 – 750<br />
Burma Star; Pacific; DM; WM all unnamed as issued<br />
Sold with ribbon bar: 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with rosette; Pacific Star with rosette; cap<br />
badge; ribbons bar; original medals mailing box; original medals certificate; copy of<br />
“Removals” Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve “R.R. Ruff Tempy. Sub-Lieut.<br />
(Sp.Br.) Resignation accepted 2. Oct. 50”.<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS<br />
Groups<br />
Trios<br />
86. – QSA E.A. Webb Wr. H.M.S. Sybille; EF 3.400 – 6.000<br />
BWM 340080 E.A. Webb Sh.Wr. R.N.; Royal Naval LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong> (Geo.V)<br />
early swivelling; E.A. Webb Ch. Writer H.M.S. Minotaur<br />
Chandlery Writer E.A. Webb (Royal Navy), first of HMS Inconstant, later HMS Sybille, HMS<br />
Minotaur and HMS Renown. Egyptian <strong>Medal</strong> 1882 missing. Warrants further research.<br />
Sold with newspaper and journal articles; service/records; medal rolls ADM 171/41; ADM<br />
171/53; ADM 171/148. FRAMED<br />
ANGLO-BOER WAR MEDALLIONS<br />
87. – Opening of the Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895 VF+ 700 – 1.000<br />
HH: 16/AM 5: (copper, single flanged wheel)<br />
Marking the official opening of Pretoria-Delagoa Railway.<br />
Sold with essay “Homage to Kruger”. (some r/ks.)<br />
88. – Visit to South Africa of Joseph Chamberlain, 1903 EF- 800 – 1.200<br />
HH: 570/AM2: 98 (bronze, milled edge)<br />
Commemorating Chamberlain’s visit to South Africa December 1902 – February 1903.<br />
Sold with essay recounting Joseph Chamberlain’s visit to Bloemfontein.<br />
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89. – Visit to South Africa of Joseph Chamberlain, 1903 VF+ 600 – 1.000<br />
HH: 572/AM2: 99 Unlisted (bronze)<br />
Commemorating Chamberlain’s visit to South Africa December 1902 – February 1903.<br />
Sold with essay recounting Joseph Chamberlain’s visit to Bloemfontein. Rim bruise.<br />
90. – Visit to South Africa of Joseph Chamberlain, 1902 VF+ 200 – 250<br />
HH: 574/AM2: 97 (bronze, milled edge) Commemorating Chamberlain’s visit to South Africa<br />
December 1902 – February 1903.<br />
Sold with essay recounting Joseph Chamberlain’s visit to Bloemfontein.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Chocolate tins<br />
91. Queen’s Chocolate Tin 1900 200 – 400<br />
Rowntree tin averaging 9.25x15.2x2.2 cms.<br />
There are signs of wear but fine very nonetheless. The lid closes very well. No contents<br />
Sold with The Story of the Queen’s Chocolate Tin. Lenaid Kebar. Durban 1997.<br />
92. Queen’s Chocolate Tin 1900 200 – 400<br />
Fry tin averaging 9.25x15.2x2.2 cms.<br />
There are the usual signs of wear and age but fine nonetheless. No contents<br />
Sold with The Story of the Queen’s Chocolate Tin. Lenaid Kebar. Durban 1997.<br />
93. The Princess Mary Tin Christmas Gift 1914 200 – 400<br />
Stunning brass tin 12.8x8.5x3 cm.<br />
Virtually as new, with minimal signs of wear and age. The lid well hinged. No contents.<br />
A very desirable example of this tin.<br />
Sold with The Story of the Queen’s Chocolate Tin. Lenaid Kebar. Durban 1997.<br />
94. Cadbury King George V & Queen Mary<br />
200 – 400<br />
Silver Jubilee Tin 1910-1935<br />
The tin measures 5.3/8x2.1/2x3/4 inch (approx. 14.5x4.5x2 cm).<br />
A tin of Cadbury's Chocolate produced to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and<br />
Queen Mary.<br />
The tin reads "Silver Jubilee" 1910-1935. On the bottom it reads "Cadbury".<br />
There are the usual signs of wear and age but very fine nonetheless. The tin closes well.<br />
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Figurines - Bisque<br />
Scarce hand-painted bisque British patriotic figurines, created around the Second Anglo-Boer War.<br />
The ceramic manufacturers also made bisque figures. Biscuit or unglazed porcelain were first made around<br />
1751 at Viencennes and Sevrès in France. The principal manufactury for biscuit figures in England was in<br />
Derby. In contrast to hardpaste porcelain figures, biscuit figures of soft paste, or pâte tendre, are smooth to the<br />
touch and have a warm soft tone.<br />
95. “Nurse” 650 – 950<br />
Demure in a discrete ankle-length dress, crisp white pinafore and woollen cape.<br />
Number34 10 on back of figurine, Boer War Patriotic Figure,circa1900.<br />
Ref. Boer War Memorabilia, The Collectors’ Guide by Pieter Oosthuizen,<br />
p.46,PLATE95.<br />
PROVENANCE:CITY COINS, THE RYNO GREENWALL COLLECTION, POSTAL AUCTION 55.<br />
96. “Standing Soldier”: 650 – 950<br />
Alert in topee helmet, khaki serge uniform and rifle.<br />
Number34 10 on back of figurine; hand painted, No. 187 on base as well as 50 engraved.<br />
Boer War Patriotic Figure circa 1900.<br />
Ref. Boer War Memorabilia, The Collectors’ Guide by Pieter Oosthuizen,<br />
p.46,PLATE 96<br />
PROVENANCE:CITY COINS, THE RYNO GREENWALL COLLECTION, POSTAL AUCTION 55.<br />
LOT 95 LOT 96<br />
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PROPERTIES FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS<br />
ARTICLE by WILLIAM DE VILLIERS<br />
“I DON’T COLLECT MEDALS” .........................................................................<br />
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LOTS<br />
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS ......................................................................... 97 – 102<br />
GENERAL J.H. DE LA REY ............................................................................. 103<br />
THE BOER REPUBLICS.................................................................................... 104 – 131<br />
CAMPAIGN MEDALS........................................................................................... 132 – 208<br />
WORLD WAR I ...................................................................................................... 209 – 221<br />
WORLD WAR II..................................................................................................... 222 – 230<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS ........................................... 231 – 233<br />
DAMAGED MEDALS AND INCOMPLETE GROUPS .................................... 234 – 235<br />
MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................... 236 – 302<br />
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I DON’T COLLECT MEDALS<br />
by William de Villiers<br />
A couple of years ago, on one of the internet forums, I watched a debate unfold in which ‘genealogists’<br />
were compared unfavourably with medal collectors – the remark was made that, ‘genealogical research<br />
is not serious research into medals and decorations.’<br />
At a superficial level that might seem to be true – for example, genealogical research does not<br />
necessarily tell you that the Special Constabulary Long Service <strong>Medal</strong> was instituted on 30 August<br />
1919, to be awarded for nine years’ unpaid service in the Special Constabulary, with not less than 50<br />
duties performed each year.<br />
Yet this throw-away comment started me thinking … and in my mind I wandered back forty or more<br />
years, to the time when I was a young lad, first embarking on medal collecting.<br />
One day I discovered two black boxes among some odds and ends in my parents’ bedroom. Originally<br />
they contained spare fishing reels for my father’s rather fancy and expensive trout rods, but now they<br />
were both stuffed with an assortment of buttons, flashes, pips, badges and medals. “What is all this” I<br />
asked my mother. “Oh,” she replied, “those are your father’s. He put all that stuff in those boxes when<br />
he left the army.”<br />
I was quite thrilled, especially so, when among the booty I discovered my grandfather’s medals: the<br />
Colonial Police <strong>Medal</strong> for Meritorious Service, 1914-15 Star, British War <strong>Medal</strong> and Allied Victory<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> (South African bi-lingual issue) – mounted in that order.<br />
I don’t remember my grandfather, ‘Pop’. He died when I was not quite two years old. But if he walked<br />
into a room today I’d know him<br />
instantly. My parents talked about<br />
their families a lot, and with great<br />
affection. They were determined<br />
that I should know who I was,<br />
where I came from, how I fitted<br />
into the scheme of things.<br />
It was more or less at the same<br />
time, therefore, that – to make<br />
sense of what I had been told – I<br />
made my first rough sketch of … a<br />
family tree.<br />
My father had clearly loved Pop.<br />
‘He was without fear,’ he said<br />
admiringly, as he recounted my<br />
grandfather’s exploits with lions in<br />
the bundu, or putting down a<br />
minor local rebellion in<br />
Tanganyika.<br />
And then some photographs came<br />
to light: One of a handsome, slight<br />
young man in military uniform<br />
(Pop in his twenties), another, a<br />
snapshot of a parade drawn up in a<br />
tropical setting (Pop receiving the<br />
Colonial Police <strong>Medal</strong>), a third of<br />
an older, rather subdued man,<br />
wearing medal ribbons (Pop<br />
towards the end of his career in the<br />
Tanganyika Territory Police).<br />
So is it any wonder that I was<br />
bitten by the twin bugs of<br />
genealogy and medal collecting at<br />
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more or less the same time I had stumbled over the discovery that medals constituted a direct, indeed a<br />
unique, link with real flesh and blood people, and unlocked a treasure chest of facts and memories<br />
worth preserving. It was not long after that that I realised other people’s medals had quite as much to<br />
say as the medals belonging to my own family.<br />
My parents knew a couple, much older than themselves, living in quiet retirement in a flat in town. One<br />
night we were invited to have dinner with them, and off we went – for what should, by rights, have been<br />
one of the most boring nights of my young life.<br />
Far from it. At some point, to distract a fed-up lad, Jim said, “I’ve got something that will interest you.”<br />
So saying he walked the few paces to his bedroom and re-emerged with a group of medals.<br />
And what a group.<br />
The I.S.O., M.B.E., Officer of the Order of St John, King’s Police <strong>Medal</strong>, 1914 Star and bar, British<br />
War <strong>Medal</strong>, Allied Victory <strong>Medal</strong>, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War <strong>Medal</strong>, Africa General Service<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>, bar Kenya, Colonial Police <strong>Medal</strong> for Meritorious Service, Queen’s Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1953 and<br />
Service <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of St John.<br />
“Ugh!” said his wife, Madge, “I had to tell him in the end that if he got one more, he could bloody well<br />
sew it on by himself!”<br />
That was the end of the evening. At least as far the grownups were concerned.<br />
First question, naturally, was “did you get the V.C.” (Nowadays the first question people always ask<br />
me is, “Do you have a V.C”). Then I wanted to know what each medal was, and what it been awarded<br />
for, and thereafter I began to pester Jim. “Tell me about the First World War. Please,” I begged.<br />
And Jim told us a little. And what he told us was a little surprising. After all he’d been with the cavalry<br />
in Sir John French's contemptible little army in France in 1914. He knew whereof he spoke. “It wasn’t<br />
brave men who won the Victoria<br />
Cross,” he growled. “The chaps who<br />
liked a drink got the gongs.”<br />
It was as plain as a pikestaff: <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
are awarded to real people, and medals<br />
point to human stories, to amazing<br />
experiences, to both highs and lows in<br />
human behaviour. I was completely<br />
hooked. And have remained so, more<br />
or less, ever since.<br />
But what to collect In those days my<br />
pocket money did not stretch very far.<br />
(It took me some time to save up<br />
enough for my first Queen’s South<br />
Africa/King’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> pair<br />
from the late Stan Kaplan. It cost me<br />
R10.00 I seem to remember). Although<br />
I was very clear that I was interested in<br />
the ‘man (or woman) behind the<br />
medal’, I was still attempting to collect<br />
medals like stamps, in neat sets. Indeed<br />
in those days we were all more or less<br />
guided by that mythical Russian medal<br />
collector, Vunovitch (one of each) –<br />
who believed in assembling a sterile<br />
collection of one of each of the<br />
Victorian campaign medals, or long<br />
service medals, or whatever.<br />
And then genealogy came to my<br />
rescue. I wanted to know more about<br />
my mother’s uncle Zoltan, who had<br />
held a commission in the Imperial and<br />
Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy. The<br />
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seventies were a much more innocent time. I simply sat down and wrote to the Kriegsarchiv, Wien. (I<br />
am not kidding. That’s how I addressed the envelope.) And within a short space of time I received a<br />
photocopy of Zoltan’s service record and a magnificent photograph of S.M.S. Zrinyi, aboard which he<br />
had briefly served.<br />
After my mother had puzzled her way through the military German, with which she was largely<br />
unfamiliar, joy of joy: it appeared Zoltan had been awarded the Eiserne Verdienstkreuz (Iron Cross of<br />
Merit), with Crown, on 7 December 1916, for “loyally dutiful service in the face of the enemy.”<br />
So there it was in a nutshell.<br />
Serious medal research tells us that the Eiserne Verdienstkreuz was instituted by Emperor Franz-Josef<br />
on 1 April 1916 to reward meritorious service by ‘persons of the standing of soldiers and civil servants<br />
without rank.’ But only genealogical research could tell me that Zoltan was a delightful man with<br />
flashing dark brown eyes and a ready laugh, who regularly fell in love with inappropriate music hall<br />
singers. Or, more prosaically, that Zoltan was born in Satoraljaujhely, in the Zemplen Region of<br />
Hungary, on 26 April 1892, the son of Meyer Miksa (“Max”) Landesmann and his wife, Karolin<br />
Goldstein. That he married Yolan Drucker, whom we knew as Yolan néni (“Aunty Yolan”).<br />
That they had an only child, Peter, who was pressed into a Hungarian labour battalion, and died in tragic<br />
circumstances, unmarried, during 1944 or 1945. And that Zoltan and Yolan survived the Second World<br />
War by the skin of their teeth to die in a Hungary subject to Soviet tyranny.<br />
So much for “loyally dutiful service”.<br />
I was seventeen years old when I introduced myself to a medal collector who lived close by – one Johan<br />
Louw (not unknown to readers of this catalogue). I think Johan will excuse me if I describe him as a<br />
fellow eccentric, and in those days, with a beautiful young wife and baby to support, he was almost as<br />
impecunious as I was!<br />
It turned out that we were both interested in “the man (or woman) behind the medal” and we quickly<br />
teamed up to explore the research facilities of the South African Library in Queen Victoria Street in<br />
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Cape Town. This set us very much apart from other collectors, who still belonged to the school of<br />
Vunovitch. But the tide was slowly turning in our favour. In my university vacations I began to<br />
undertake research assignments for other enthusiasts – mostly, it has to be said, looking through the<br />
London Gazette for gallantry citations. But when we got together at regular meetings of the Cape<br />
Town <strong>Medal</strong> Group, Johan and I would regale members with stories about our otherwise<br />
undistinguished recipients. At first we were met with boredom or amusement, but this began to change,<br />
and the interest in biographical research began to spread.<br />
All this, you will appreciate, was before the advent of the personal computer, the internet, my most<br />
valuable resource, www.google.com, the genealogical wonderworld that is https://familysearch.org/,<br />
and that invaluable tool for genealogists, the pay-to-use website, www.Ancestry.com.<br />
Most serious medal collectors today, it seems to me, have signed up to the notion that we are at best<br />
stewards of the medals in our collections, and that it is our duty to conserve them and to honour the<br />
memory of their recipients.<br />
But how to do this without the assistance of genealogy<br />
If you are to give meaning to the life and death of that man who died in German East Africa, whose<br />
medals are in your collection, you need to ask questions, such as when and where was he born and<br />
schooled Who were the parents, siblings, wife or children who mourned his death<br />
Take, for example, Percy McEvoy Wheeler, Conductor, South African Service Corps, Transport &<br />
Remounts (Animal Transport), South African Imperial Service Units.<br />
Percy was born in Alexandra Park, Pietermaritzburg, in the Colony of Natal on 2 November 1870, the<br />
son of James Napoleon Wheeler, market master, and his wife, Elizabeth McEvoy. He did not see<br />
service in any of the “little wars” in Natal or in the South African War, and was initially unmoved by<br />
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the outbreak of the First World War. He continued farming at Sarnia. But then, in 1917, he joined up for<br />
duty with the Animal Transport in East Africa.<br />
Why I wish we knew.<br />
He was a married man with six children under the age of sixteen. Notwithstanding his age (46 years)<br />
and his profound lack of exposure to military training, lore or customs, he embarked for the front five<br />
days after joining up. Two months later, on 21 April 1917, he reported sick, suffering with malaria, and<br />
was admitted to No. 14 South African Casualty Clearing Station in Dodoma.<br />
South African medal collectors will agree that the greatest enemy South African troops faced in East<br />
Africa was not General von Lettow Vorbeck (brilliant though he was), but malaria and other tropical<br />
diseases. Wheeler reported sick less than two months after arriving in the theatre, but unlike fitter and<br />
younger soldiers, who often emerged shattered but alive from an encounter with the female Anopheles<br />
mosquito, Wheeler was untrained, so presumably physically unfit, and 46 years old.<br />
He died on 22 April 1917.<br />
Commencing on 27 October 1917 (note the six month gap), Mrs Wheeler was granted a weekly pension<br />
of 17 shillings and six pence, and an allowance for six children under sixteen of £1 per week, together<br />
with an annual pension of £38.10 and an allowance for the children of £32.15 per year.<br />
She died, many years later, in 1946.<br />
Wheeler was not a hero in the conventional sense of the word. On the contrary, he was an<br />
undistinguished member of a vast army. But the story of a life lost, so quickly and so fruitlessly, and a<br />
large family bereft, is the very stuff of tragedy.<br />
He was more – much more – than the British War and Allied Victory <strong>Medal</strong>s, issued to his next-of-kin<br />
by the South African Department of Defence on 12 October 1922. And his genealogy, the study or<br />
investigation of his ancestry and family history, is essential in understanding how much more.<br />
Let us return to that internet forum debate, and its emphasis on ‘serious research into medals and<br />
decorations.’<br />
There can be no doubt that we must study the objects of our interest: what they were awarded for, why<br />
they were instituted, what they are made of, what variants are known, in what numbers they were<br />
issued, on what basis recipients were selected, and so on.<br />
Yet medals and decorations are awarded primarily (though not exclusively) to human beings.<br />
Every human being has a unique story to tell. And it is for this reason that every single medal and<br />
decoration, whether it was issued to millions, or only awarded to a handful, is, quite simply, unique.<br />
Far from ‘genealogical research not being serious research into medals and decorations,’ I would argue<br />
that genealogy is the handmaiden of all serious research into medals and decorations.<br />
Indeed, when people ask me what I collect these days, my answer is always the same: “I don’t collect<br />
medals. I collect stories.”<br />
WILLIAM DE VILLIERS<br />
CAPE TOWN<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
NOVEMBER 2013<br />
Copyright<br />
WILLIAM DE VILLIERS:<br />
Born in Kenya and educated at schools there and in South Africa, William de Villiers graduated in law<br />
at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1981 he joined South Africa's largest life insurer as the<br />
company's first legal adviser in Port Elizabeth. He retired at the end of January 2011, after a career<br />
encompassing legal services, marketing and media relations.<br />
He started collecting medals with his pocket money in 1970, and says that now he is retired, he has gone<br />
full circle, back to collecting medals with his pocket money again. He lives in Cape Town.<br />
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ORDERS & DECORATIONS<br />
97. Two <strong>Medal</strong> groups:<br />
COLONEL STEPHANUS F. DUTOIT SOUTH AFRICAN A.F.<br />
EF- 80.000 – 120.000<br />
“Rosy” du Toit was a rugged individualist. The medals which<br />
he wore for almost 40 years included the decorations officially<br />
awarded to him. The DFC (USA) was named.<br />
The campaign medals in the group that he wore were South<br />
African issues but named to four different recipients.<br />
His explanation for this anomaly was:<br />
“When I came back from the USA I knew what medals I was<br />
entitled to. I took my two DFC’s to a military tailor and told<br />
him to make me up a group.<br />
I couldn’t be bothered to wait for the chaps in Pretoria”.<br />
Group as worn for some 40 years:<br />
CBE (Mil)(2 nd type) neck badge;<br />
DFC (Geo VI - dated 1943) with Bar (dated 1944);<br />
1939-45 Star; Africa Star C166071 C. Calvert;<br />
Italy Star: N16972 G. Sechele;<br />
DM unnamed; WM 238395 J.W. Miles;<br />
ASM C302282 J. Rowles;<br />
DFC (USA) engraved:<br />
COLONEL STEPHANUS F. DUTOIT SOUTH AFRICAN A.F.<br />
In July 1991 he applied and received his officially named medal issue as follows:<br />
– 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with bar North Africa 1942-42;<br />
Italy Star; WM with MiD emblem; ASM P102712 S.F. du Toit<br />
These were officially pantograph-engraved, as for late issues up to ± 2000.<br />
Colonel Stephanus Francois du Toit started his flying career in April 1937 as a Pupil Pilot in the<br />
South African Active Citizen’s Force. He transferred to the Permanent Force in May 1938. While a<br />
Cadet at the S.A. Military College he acquired his nickname “Rosy”: a result of his ruddy<br />
complexion after strenuous exercise.<br />
His initial WWII service was with coastal patrols, followed by service with 41 Squadron in<br />
Abyssinia between October 1940 and January 1942. On 22 August 1941 he rescued a S.A.A.F. pilot<br />
who had been shot down on 4 August and on 25 August 1941 he himself was shot down 15 miles<br />
south-east of Gondar by Italian troops using heavy Breda machine-guns. On 17 November 1941,<br />
during the S.A.A.F. attack on Gondar, his Hartbeest was hit in the engine but, with luck on his side,<br />
he safely made it to base.<br />
He was MiD on 11 June 1942 and, after a short spell with 2 Squadron in the Western Desert, he was<br />
appointed in September 1942 to command 4 Squadron. On 7 September he had his first “kill”, a<br />
Me109, and on 13 October he led 4 Squadron to a notable victory when they intercepted 17 Stukas<br />
and a number of Me109s and Maccis. The South Africans claimed to have damaged or destroyed<br />
three-quarters of the enemy force, with Rosy shooting down a Stuka (Ju87). His third victim was on<br />
11 November near Gambut when he downed a Me109G with a four second burst. In June 1943,<br />
shortly before the end of the North African Campaign, he was awarded a well-deserved DFC:<br />
“This officer has completed a large number of operational sorties in both fighter and fighterbomber<br />
aircraft. He has commanded a squadron since September 1942.During this period he has<br />
displayed leadership, courage and determination, and has destroyed three enemy aircraft in<br />
combat. His personality, initiative and devotion to duty have at all times constituted a fine example<br />
to his squadron.”<br />
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He was transferred from 4 Squadron to Base Depot on 8 July 1943 and then moved to No. 7 Wing,<br />
filling the post of Sweep Leader, from 6 October 1943 and on 13 January 1944 he took over as<br />
Acting Officer Commanding, 7 Wing. This was 6 days after he was awarded a bar to his DFC:<br />
“In November 1943 this officer led a squadron in a low-level attack on an enemy landing ground<br />
in Yugoslavia. The attack was pressed home with vigour and resulted in the destruction of 4<br />
enemy aircraft, a number of others were damaged and 2 gun positions were silenced. By his<br />
gallant leadership, great skill and courage, this officer played a good part in the success<br />
achieved.”<br />
On 12 July 1944 Colonel S.F. du Toit was nominated to command the newly-formed 8 Fighter-<br />
Bomber Wing S.A.A.F. (3 and 11 Squadrons S.A.A.F. and 87 and 185 Squadrons R.A.F.).<br />
Aged 25 he was the youngest S.A.AF. officer to hold such a senior post. Numerous successful<br />
missions were flown in support of the British and American Armies and were well appreciated. An<br />
official message from the Hampshire Brigade, dated 8 November 1944, was quite graphic:<br />
“Thanks a lot for today’s magnificent co-operation. You put new life into us and knocked shit out<br />
of the Bosche. Brigadier Kendrew apologises for language”.<br />
Another message, received from the First Guards Brigade on 23 December 1944, read:<br />
“Your courageous attacks observed with gratitude and admiration by all ranks. Best air support<br />
we ever had. Please convey our appreciation to Pilots and condolences for losses suffered”.<br />
In November 1944 he was also appointed Commander at Florence Airfield, but atrocious wet<br />
weather severely hampered operations which were mainly in support of the US 5 th Army and was<br />
rewarded on 2 October 1945 when he was one of only 7 South Africans to be awarded the American<br />
DFC for WWII service:<br />
“Stephanus F Dutoit, Colonel, 8 th South African Air Force Wing, for extraordinary achievement<br />
while participating in aerial flights in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations from 11<br />
November 1944 to 8 May 1945. As Commanding Officer of 8 th South African Wing Colonel Dutoit<br />
was responsible for the dispatch with which his unit was built into a powerful fighting team in less<br />
than a year. When the Wing was called upon to render maximum effort in coordination with the<br />
Allied drive through the Po Valley, it was Colonel Dutoit’s leadership which made their effort a<br />
success. Colonel Dutoit, as pilot of a Spitfire-type aircraft, participated in a total of 220 missions,<br />
setting a personal example which so won the confidence of his men and inspired their work that<br />
the Wing performed a vital role in the campaign which ended with the total defeat of the German<br />
Armies in Italy. His vast experience in fighter and fighter-bomber warfare and his aerial<br />
leadership reached their climax of achievement during the month of April when his Wing created<br />
such great damage and destruction to the fleeing enemy. Colonel Dutoit’s outstanding airmanship<br />
and superior professional skill have reflected great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of<br />
the Allied Nations. Entered service from Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria, South Africa.”<br />
Rosy du Toit’s final award came in the New Year Honours List 1946, when he was appointed<br />
Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).<br />
During 1946 he was assigned to the Demobilisation Division and was Officer in Charge of the<br />
Demob Office in London, finally arriving in Cape Town early in January 1947. The following year<br />
he attended the “Basic Airborne Course” at the Air Tactical School, Tyndall Air Force Base,<br />
Florida, USA, and coming 36 th in a class of 704 students. This was despite comments in the course<br />
report about him not attending 4 weeks of classes, missing 6 examinations and stating<br />
“his high self-esteem caused him to go against the stream in an individualistic manner, especially<br />
in expression of his apparent desire to dress differently from anyone else”.<br />
He resigned his commission with the S.A.A.F. in 1950 and finally died in retirement at Bellville,<br />
Cape Town in 2009.<br />
Sold with originals of correspondence concerning 1991 issue of medals; personal photos; a large<br />
number of wartime messages (kept by his batman); congratulatory letters regarding his awards; the<br />
MiD certificate; American DFC Citation; two photograph albums(mainly North Africa); photostat of<br />
A Gathering of Eagles where Major Du Toit is mentioned numerous times; photocopy of article<br />
from OMRS Journal regarding Colonel Du Toit and various other documents.<br />
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98. Seven – Member of the Most Excellent Order VF 40.000 – 60.000<br />
of the British Empire (MBE) (Geo.V) unnamed as issued;<br />
Natal Rebellion <strong>Medal</strong> bar: 1906 Sgt. E.B. Brand Transvaal Mtd. Rifles;<br />
BWM; AVM (Brit.) with MiD (copy) Capt. E.B. Brand; WM; ASM 203438 E.B. Brand;<br />
Meritorious Service <strong>Medal</strong> (MSM) (Natal) Serg t E.B. Brand Trans. Mtd. Rifles<br />
MiD LG 29 May 1917 p. 5316<br />
MBE LG 1 January 1919<br />
This group includes one of only 15 rare awards of the Natal Meritorious Service <strong>Medal</strong>.<br />
Erle Burgo Brand was born at Court Lodge, Burstow, District Reigate, Surrey, England on 16<br />
November 1875; the son of a clergyman Hamilton Brand and his wife Emily Sarah Brand. He came<br />
to Natal as a child, presumably with his parents, and was educated at the Durban Grammar School.<br />
During or after the Boer War 1899-1902 he served in the Repatriation Department Mechanical<br />
Transport of the Imperial Military Railways.<br />
Served as a Sergeant in “A” Squadron (I.L.H.) made up of 7 officers and 99 N.C.O.s and men of the<br />
Transvaal Mounted Rifles during the Bambata Rebellion in Natal in 1906. This unit was mobilized<br />
in Johannesburg on 25 April 1906 and left for Natal the next day. The Imperial Light Horse<br />
Regiment is still in existence today, now known as the Light Horse Regiment, and is entitled to the<br />
Battle Honour "Natal 1906" by virtue of its contribution to the T.M.R.<br />
There are 535 T.M.R. recipients on the Natal 1906 medal roll which has 9.979 names. The<br />
Transvaal, Cape and Natal were all independent Colonies at that time. The Cape contribution to the<br />
war in Natal numbered only 70 men.<br />
Twelve awards of the rare Natal Meritorious Service <strong>Medal</strong> were listed in the Natal Government<br />
Gazette on 10 September 1907, a further two in 1908 and the last one in 1909. Brand was one of two<br />
Sergeants of the T.M.R. to receive this Meritorious Service <strong>Medal</strong>. In an included letter dated 15<br />
September 1907, the Colonel of the T.M.R. states that the MSM awards to Sergeants Brand and<br />
Malan were in recognition for their conduct in the affair on the Mapumolo Road.<br />
In civilian life he was a transport contractor and mining engineer.<br />
He was appointed a Lieutenant with the Imperial Light Horse on 19 December 1907. Was granted<br />
leave to join the Army Service Corps as a Second Lieutenant on probation 24 January 1916,<br />
Lieutenant 7 October 1916, Acting Captain 24 December 1917, Captain 1 July 1918.<br />
He served at various times in France and Flanders with the 649 Company A.S.C. attached to 29 th ,<br />
34 th , 66 th and 118 th Siege Batteries R.G.A., and also with 2 nd Brigade Tank Corps.<br />
He entered a theatre of war Boulogne on 18 March 1916.<br />
MiD in LG 29 May 1917 page 5316, and admitted a MBE in LG 1 January 1919. There were 771<br />
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MBE awards for WWI, of which only 97 were to men serving with the South African Forces.<br />
He served as a Lieutenant with S.A. Air Force Administration Air Signals from 23 June 1941. He<br />
understated his age by giving his date of birth as 6 November 1883, although he was over 65 years of<br />
age upon enlistment. Brand was discharged on 6 July 1946.<br />
Died at Durban North on 12 March 1956.<br />
Sold with photograph of Colonel Barker and the two Sergeants of the Transvaal Mounted Rifles<br />
decorated with the DSO and the Natal MSM in 1907; Army Service Corps Record of Service for<br />
WWI from the P.R.O., London; signed application for appointment to a Temporary Commission in<br />
the Regular Army for the period of the war, dated 7 January 1916; LG 29 May 1917 MiD in Douglas<br />
Haig’s Despatch as Lt. A.S.C.; LG 1 January 1919 Member of the Order of the British Empire<br />
M.I.C. for WWI; Union Defence Force Certificate of Service for WWII; soldier’s papers from the<br />
Union Headquarters in Pretoria for WWII; picture of Brand wearing his MSM.<br />
99. Six – Military Cross (MC) (Geo. V) unnamed as issued; EF 45.000 – 65.000<br />
QSA 2 bars: CC, SA’02 38407 P te J. Clisdal Imp: Yeo.;<br />
Natal Rebellion <strong>Medal</strong> bar:1906 Pte. J. Clisdal Cape Mtd. Riflemen;<br />
1914-45 Star S jt J. Clisdal S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.;<br />
BWM;AVM (Brit.) with MiD (copy) emblem Cap t J. Clisdal R.A.F.<br />
John Clisdal was one of the first ten military airmen to be trained in South Africa at<br />
Alexandersfontein near Kimberley in the last quarter of 1913, one hundred years ago. A man of<br />
many military skills, he was at different times a cavalryman, Maxim gunner, field gunner, air<br />
observer, pilot, and finally second-in-command of the heavy fortress guns at Table Bay.<br />
Before receiving a Temporary Lieutenant commission in the Royal Flying Corps (LG 10 September<br />
1915) he served as an Observer with the short lived South African Aviation Corps (S.A.A.C.) in<br />
1915. The South African Air Force (S.A.A.F.) was established later on 1 February 1920 and claims<br />
to be the second oldest Air Force in the Commonwealth. The Royal Air Force is the oldest, founded<br />
in March 1918.<br />
The Wright brothers are famous for their first successful controlled powered flight in a heavier than<br />
air machine at Kitty Hawk in the U.S.A. on 17 December 1903. The very first men ever trained in<br />
South Africa as pilots, were a select group of ten men including Clisdal. These Pioneer Airmen took<br />
to the skies just ten years after the Wright Brothers epic flights. Clisdal must have been proud to<br />
have flown with the S.A.A.C., the forefather unit to the second oldest Air Force in the<br />
Commonwealth.<br />
ANGLO BOER WAR 1899-1902<br />
Clisdal was born in Bangor, Ireland on 1 March 1883. He enlisted in the 120 strong 134 th (Irish<br />
Horse) Company, 29 th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and arrived in South Africa as part of the 7.239<br />
strong third I.Y. contingent in December 1901. At the end of the Boer War he decided to remain in<br />
the Cape Colony and proudly served in the Armed Forces of that Colony and later the Union<br />
Defence Force for a further 31 years, to retire at the age of 50 in 1933.<br />
NATAL 1906<br />
Clisdal next served with the Cape Mounted Rifles from 1902, and later with its successor unit the 1 st<br />
S.A. Mounted Rifles until 1915. During the Bambata Rebellion in Natal in 1906 the government of<br />
the Cape Colony offered military assistance to the Colony of Natal. A small detachment of the<br />
C.M.R. was sent consisting of a Captain and 20 gunners, 13 native drivers with mules and six Maxim<br />
guns, together with a Lieutenant and 35 signallers fully equipped. The Maxim guns were in action at<br />
Hlonono, at Gaillard’s Drift and at Izinsimba. Clisdal manned one of these guns.<br />
There were over 9.000 Natal medals issued, but only 67 medals with bar 1906 awarded to this small<br />
group of men from the Cape Colony. Promoted Corporal on 16 August 1913, Sergeant on 1 October<br />
1913 and Lieutenant in the S.A. Mounted Rifles on 23 March 1915. Prime Minister’s Office letter of<br />
approval is included.<br />
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PILOT TRAINING 1913<br />
In December 1911 two visiting aviators, an Englishman Cecil Compton Paterson flying a Paterson<br />
No. 2 Biplane, and Evelyn Driver a South African who had trained in England, flying a Bleriot<br />
biplane, started demonstration flights in the Cape and aroused significant public and government<br />
interest to the possibilities of powered flight in South Africa. Prompted by the Paterson/Driver<br />
displays, General Jan Smuts (Minister of Defence) sent Brig-Gen. C.F. Beyers (Commandant-<br />
General of the Defence Force) to Britain to observe the 1912 military manoeuvres in England,<br />
Switzerland, Germany and France and to report on the viability of using aircraft in military<br />
operations. Beyer’s response was extremely supportive and encouraging of the establishment of an<br />
air corps, particularly for the purpose of aerial scouting. By this time the Paterson/Driver flying<br />
syndicate had dissolved and in 1912 Paterson and the Union Defence Force reached an agreement to<br />
establish a flying school at Alexandersfontein in Kimberley, known as Paterson's Aviation Syndicate<br />
School of Flying to train pilots for the proposed South African Aviation Corps (S.A.A.C.).<br />
In the Union Government Gazette of 10 May 1913 provision was made for the establishment of the<br />
South African Aviation Corps, and applications were invited for ten trainee pilot positions envisaged.<br />
To be paid 17 shillings and 6 pence per day.<br />
Hundreds of applications were received and ten men were selected for flying training by the<br />
Compton Paterson Syndicate Ltd at Alexandersfontein outside of Kimberley between August and<br />
December 1913, to qualify for the Federation Aéronautique Internationale (F.A.I.) Aviator’s<br />
Certificate. Compton Paterson himself qualified for F.A.I. Aviator’s Certificate No.38 in 1910.<br />
The ten trainee pilots appear in the group photograph where John Clisdal is seated on the right and<br />
all trainees are named in the letter from the Secretary for Defence dated 28 July 1913 (photographs<br />
included).<br />
The Paterson biplane which was used in the training of the ten pupils was a three-seater pusher<br />
model made in Liverpool, with a 50 h.p. This Gnome engine and a maximum speed of 50 miles per<br />
hour (photograph included). A replica of this aircraft was built by the S.A. Air Force 70 years later<br />
in 1983 and is now housed in a replica hangar erected on the site of the first flying school at<br />
Alexandersfontein near Kimberley (photographs included).<br />
In the Union Government Gazette of 22 April 1914 six of the ten pioneers are named, to be sent to<br />
England for further training. They were commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps upon the<br />
outbreak of World War I, when the R.F.C. then consisted of only one Balloon observation squadron<br />
and four aeroplane squadrons.<br />
GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1914-15<br />
At the start of hostilities in August 1914, General Louis Botha, the Prime Minister, offered to release<br />
the Imperial Garrison in South Africa then needed in France, and to replace them with local troops.<br />
The Imperial Government requested South Africa to take control of the wireless stations in German<br />
South West Africa, which were of concern to the Admiralty.<br />
Clisdal was not one of the pilots sent to England, although his name was proposed by<br />
recommendation of Paterson, and on 30 December 1913 he returned to his position with the S.A.<br />
Mounted Rifles, where he was to serve as a Gunner in the Field Artillery Brigade with the 2 nd<br />
Permanent Battery of four guns during early part of the campaign in German South West Africa<br />
from September 1914 to February 1915.<br />
Clisdal was promoted Lieutenant on 23 March 1915 and transferred to the newly formed S.A.A.C. as<br />
an Observer officer in “A” Flight. He was Observer in the aircraft piloted by Sub-Lieutenant<br />
Hinshelwood when he made a forced landing. The awards to S.A.A.C. for German South West<br />
Africa were one DSO, one MC and five Mentions in Despatches.<br />
GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1916-18 WITH 26 SQUADRON ROYAL FLYING CORPS<br />
Together with many other S.A.A.C. officers and men, Clisdal then sailed for England from Cape<br />
Town in the S.S. Briton on 31 July 1915, to join 26 (South Africa) Squadron of the Royal Flying<br />
Corps upon its formation at Farnborough on 7 October 1915. The Squadron badge depicts a<br />
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Springbok head and the motto in Dutch“’N WAGTER IN DER LUG”.<br />
Clisdal underwent further flying training at Netheravon and Farnborough, and his Royal Aero Club<br />
Aviator Certificate No.1786 is dated 24 September 1915. These certificates were internationally<br />
recognized under the Federation Aéronautique Internationale (the FAI) and 28.000 were issued<br />
between 1910 and 1950. Clisdal was appointed Temporary Lieutenant with the R.F.C. in LG 10<br />
September 1915. He then appears in LG 1 January 1916 as T/Lieutenant, General Duties, and Flying<br />
Officer effective 6 December 1915. The squadron left England in December 1915 destined for East<br />
Africa. The ultimate establishment was increased to 352. There were three flights of four aircraft<br />
each. These were Henri Farman F27, B.E.2c and B.E.2e types. The four main functions of an army<br />
co-operation squadron, such as this one, were artillery observation, contact patrols, photographic<br />
reconnaissance and bombing. At times the three flights of the squadron operated independently of<br />
one another. Over the next two years the squadron established and operated from 32 different<br />
airfields in East Africa as illustrated in the map included.<br />
Clisdal was promoted Temporary Captain effective 22 November 1916 per LG 9 December 1916,<br />
and commander of “B” Flight. He commanded the squadron for a short period during the illness of<br />
Major Wallace from 25 March to 19 May 1917. He was awarded the Military Cross in LG 4 June<br />
1917, a scarce award to the R.F.C. The squadron left Dar-es-Salaam in February 1918 for England<br />
via Durban and Cape Town. It was disbanded at Blandford Camp in July 1918.<br />
The awards earned by 26 Squadron were 1 DSO, 10 MC, 4 DCM and 20 MiD.<br />
Clisdal then served as an Instructor at Salisbury Plain, and finally as a Repatriation Officer.<br />
Transferred to the unemployed list effective 9 August 1919 per LG 14 October 1919 and returned to<br />
South Africa.<br />
S.A. PERMANENT GARRISON ARTILLERY 1921-33<br />
The S.A. Permanent Garrison Artillery was formed in 1921, and had a total strength of 250 personnel<br />
recruited from the S.A. Mounted Rifles. Clisdal transferred with the rank of Lieutenant from the S.A.<br />
Field Artillery where he had been serving since 1919. He must have decided that guns interested him<br />
more than flying. He served with the S.A.P.G.A. until his retirement at the age of 50 in 1933. At this<br />
stage he was a Major and second in command of the fortress guns of Table Bay Fire Control. There<br />
were four batteries in operation at the time, Lion Battery on Signal Hill with two 9.2 inch guns,<br />
Wynyard Battery at Fort Wynyard with two 6 inch guns, King George V Battery at Milnerton with<br />
two 4.7 inch guns and Castle Battery at the Cape Town Castle with four 12 pounder guns.<br />
Clisdal was said to have been a fine horseman and participated in polo, rugby, cricket, tennis and<br />
hockey. He died in Johannesburg on 9 June 1938.<br />
His name is mentioned in the following books:<br />
In Southern Skies, by J.W. Illsley;<br />
The Armed Forces of South Africa, by G Tylden;<br />
Boot and Saddle, History of the C.M.R., by Young;<br />
The Nongqai, magazine of the S.A. Permanent Force;<br />
Per Aspera ad Astra 1920-1970, S.A.A.F. Golden Jubilee;<br />
Pioneers of Early Aviation in South Africa, by H Oberholzer<br />
Historical Record of the S.A. Flying Corps in German South West Africa 1915 by Roberts.<br />
This includes an eight page almost day to day Squadron history by Major Wallace, O.C.<br />
The S.A. Field Artillery in German East Africa and Palestine 1916-1918, by Adler & Lorch;<br />
Decorations awarded to Natal, Cape Colony and Union Defence Force Units 1877-1961, by D R<br />
Forsyth.<br />
Sold with R.A.F. wings sweetheart brooch (9ct. gold, weight 3.3 gms); R.F.C. badge; wing badge;<br />
crown badge; R.A.F. 26 Squadron badge; extensive documentation; a number of photographs in<br />
which Clisdal appears, and one of the memorial tablet to Major General Kenneth van der Spuy<br />
C.B.E. M.C. who died in 1991 at the age of 99 years being the last to die of the original ten pupil<br />
pilots in 1913.<br />
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A fine Second World War Western Desert “Tobruk” “POW” MC group of seven awarded to<br />
Lieutenant Mervyn Mayne, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, who was captured at Tobruk and interned<br />
at Oflag 5A in Germany for the duration of the War.<br />
100. Seven– Military Cross (MC) (Geo. VI) engraved: “1946”; VF+ 35.000 – 50.000<br />
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM 1466 M.M. Mayne; Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1937<br />
(Geo. VI), privately engraved:“Sgt. M. Mayne U.M.R.”; Efficiency Decoration<br />
bar: Union of South Africa, engraved: “Capt. M. Mayne U.M.R.” Mounted for display.<br />
London Gazette 19 th December 1946<br />
“The King has been graciously pleased, on the advice of His Majesty’s Ministers for the Union of<br />
South Africa, to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services at<br />
Tobruk in 1942”.<br />
M.C. London Gazette 19 th December 1946, Lieutenant Mervyn Mayne (1466), Union Defence Force.<br />
Citation<br />
1466 Lieutenant Mervyn Mayne Umvoti Mounted Rifles Military Cross<br />
Immediate award<br />
“On 8 th June 1942 Lieutenant Mayne was in command of the right half of an infantry company<br />
(platoon) attached to a force known as “Guycol” operating against the enemy in the area between<br />
Barrels 11 and 13 in the GAZALA Line of the Western Desert. To enable this force to advance it<br />
was necessary to attack a strongly held enemy position and this could only be done frontally.<br />
Lieutenant Mayne at great personal risk, led this attack in the face of the intense machine gun fire<br />
from the objective. He was always in the forefront of the battle and throughout the action displayed<br />
the highest qualities of leadership and initiative. This example was an inspiration to all who took<br />
part and materially assisted in the success of the operation”.<br />
An extract from “The Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1864-1975 by A.J. du Plessis offers some context in<br />
respect of the action:<br />
Pg 159 and 162 “At Tobruk, some weeks before the Axis forces penetrated sectors of the<br />
established Gazala line, a third Jock column known as”Guycol” was formed under Colonel Guy<br />
L’Estrange. Under him were Captain O.C. Oftebro, Officer Commanding “B” Company, platoon<br />
commanders M Mayne, K L’Estrange, R Hourquebie, acting Platoon Commander R Leisegang and<br />
Adjutant J H. Dodd.<br />
The column consisted of “B” Company 13 platoon, (inclusive of other platoons including Mayne’s<br />
No 7 platoon) including armoured cars, two sections mortars, (Umvoti Mounted Rifles), one troop 1 st<br />
Light Ack Ack Regiment, two troops Artillery South African Artillery, one section Engineers and a<br />
battle Headquarters (i.e. Officer Commanding, Adjutant, signals, etc., all from Umvoti Mounted<br />
Rifles.”<br />
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CITATION<br />
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“These Jock Columns (mobile columns) had roving commissions and did much good work. It will be<br />
appreciated that the main task of a “Jock Column” is to harass and upset, as far as possible, the<br />
considered plans of the enemy. In other words, to get in, do as much damage as possible and get out.<br />
It was with such a purpose that “Guycol” moved from Pilastrino to 1 st Brigade Headquarters in the<br />
Gazala Line. There the column was linked up with the British tank squadron and given the task to<br />
harass an enemy position along a sector known as the Barrell Track”.<br />
Pg 162 “From observation and information gathered it appeared that the enemy had established a<br />
widely dispersed position in moderate strength for the protection of a new line of communications.<br />
Increasing movement of enemy transport and equipment beyond the Barrell Track were observed.<br />
So “Guycol” troops were thoroughly briefed for the impending attack and, as so often happened in<br />
the Desert War, speed and the element of surprise were well rewarded.<br />
It was at this stage (8 th June 1942) that Captain (later Colonel) O.C. Oftebro (“B” Company, UMR)<br />
distinguished himself in bravery and earned the Military Cross. According to the London Gazette of<br />
19 th December, 1946, (incorrectly referenced) (the writer’s intention was probably to reference<br />
Oftebro’s citation) “Guycol” was prevented from advancing by a superior force of the enemy.<br />
Captain Oftebro, at great personal risk, moved forward alone and entirely on his own, armed only<br />
with a tommy gun, attacked and destroyed a strong enemy machine gun nest. This action enabled the<br />
rest of the force to put in an attack which resulted in the taking of the position. The attack was<br />
completely successful despite stubborn resistance by the enemy. Some 460 prisoners were taken and<br />
handed over to Brigade Headquarters. Thereafter harassing tasks of a completely minor nature were<br />
assigned to the column which was eventually returned to Tobruk retaining its original formation<br />
with the exception of the tank squadron. They continued their harassing maneuvers against the<br />
enemy lines of communication outside the Tobruk Perimeter and opposite the El Adem area.<br />
Protective assignments in assisting formations to withdraw from the Gazala line were the final<br />
duties of the column before being disbanded”.<br />
Pg 174 “in the morning of 21 st June 1942, General Klopper surrendered and so the 2 nd South<br />
African Division, often looked upon as the cinderella of the Eight Army went into captivity. It is<br />
estimated that about 30 000 men, vast quantities of stores, transport and fuel were captured”.<br />
An account of the U.M.R. POW experience can be found on pages 181-189 of The Umvoti Mounted<br />
Rifles 1864-1975 by A J du Plessis.<br />
Mayne appears in a group photo on page 186 of The Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1864-1975 by A J du<br />
Plessis (taken before he was captured). Mayne was captured and was interned in POW camps in both<br />
Italy and Germany. In Germany he was interned in Oflag VA in Weinsberg (Wine mountain)<br />
(Baden-Württemberg). Note:Oflag refers to officer camp. According to his service papers, on his<br />
application for campaign medals, Mayne stated that he had been wounded at Tobruk in June 1942.<br />
He was recommended for the MC in 1945, at that date for the reason that “papers (were) destroyed at<br />
Div. H.Q. prior to (the) fall of Tobruk”. Of the seven decorations awarded to the Umvoti Mounted<br />
Rifles during the war, four were awarded for the action on 8 th June 1942 at Tobruk, these being the<br />
decorations awarded to Captain OC Oftebro (MC), Lieutenant M Mayne (MC), Sergeant RT<br />
Leisegang (DCM) and Corporal LA Pett (MM). Of interest is that Corporal LA Pett served in<br />
Mayne’s No 7 platoon “B” Company Umvoti Mounted Rifles.<br />
Sold with:<br />
1. Copied citation, copied service papers, with all medals confirmed, and with some research.<br />
Also sold with the following original material:<br />
1. A laminated (war service) letter from Mayne to his father, written in 1941;<br />
2. An Umvoti Mounted Rifles Christmas card dated Xmas 1941 Middle East, sent by Mayne to<br />
his wife, signed by Mayne and by the members of his No 7 platoon, “B” Company U.M.R;<br />
3. A poignant card with a poem by Margret Scrutton titled “For Honour and For Her”,<br />
addressed to Mrs C Mayne and 5 original telegrams from Mayne to his wife sent after his<br />
release from internment in Germany in 1945;<br />
4. A quantity of newspaper material relating to South African POW’s returning to the Union in<br />
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1945 and a laminated newspaper clipping titled “Military Awards for Tobruk Bravery”<br />
indicating all South African awards made for Tobruk;<br />
5. A framed (37,5cmx30cm) copy of Mayne’s citation with a photograph of Mayne’s No 7 platoon<br />
(“B” Company, Umvoti Mounted Rifles), including Mayne, taken in the Western Desert (see<br />
plate on page 53);<br />
6. A framed (37cmx32,5cm) photograph of Mayne, in uniform, wearing his ribbons, receiving his<br />
Military Cross from the Governor General of the Union of South Africa (see plate on page 54);<br />
7. A chalk on board drawing (34cmx24cm) depicting an Allied POW standing at the wire<br />
perimeter of a POW camp.<br />
Also sold with a quantity of rare POW original material, and two other photographs,presented in a<br />
large frame (55,3cmx44,5cm) (see plate on page 53):<br />
1. Mayne’s Oflag 5A POW ID document with his photograph, indicating his POW number (No<br />
3189) (see plate on page 53);<br />
2. A Kriegsgefangenenpost document, indicating Mayne’s Oflag 5A Gefangenennummer<br />
(3187/37), stamped Oflag 5A, together with a postcard of Weinberg;<br />
3. A (POW) postcard for war prisoners (from Mayne) addressed to his wife;<br />
4. A photograph of an Umvoti Mounted Rifles contingent taken in Oflag 5A, including Mayne<br />
and Captain OC Oftebro (who was awarded an MC for Tobruk), with everybody in the<br />
photograph named;<br />
5. A small photograph of Mayne taken whilst in captivity in Oflag 5A;<br />
6. A photograph of Oflag 5A showing Allied Forces men in captivity and the camp (Oflag 5A);<br />
7. A postcard size photographic copy of a painting of Oflag 5A;<br />
8. A photograph of an Umvoti Mounted Rifles parade showing Mayne receiving his commission<br />
document;<br />
A photograph of some members of Mayne’s No 7 platoon (“B” Company Umvoti Mounted Rifles)<br />
dated 1941, taken in the Western Desert, including Mayne, and including Corporal L Pett (who was<br />
awarded an MM for Tobruk), with everybody in the photograph named.<br />
101. Eight – Military <strong>Medal</strong> (M.M.) (Geo.VI) with Bar EF 62.000 – 80.000<br />
11134 V. A.Sjt. A.A. Preston F.C./C.T.H.;<br />
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; DM; WM; ASM 11134V A.A. Preston;<br />
Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo.VI) Sgt. A.A. Preston F.C.<br />
MM LG 7 December 1944<br />
bar LG 5 July 1945<br />
There were only 178 awards of a Bar to the Military <strong>Medal</strong> during World War II, and only 6 of these<br />
were to South Africans.<br />
Full recommendations are included for the immediate Award of the MM and bar approved by<br />
Field Marshall Alexander.<br />
Preston was wounded by enemy machine gun fire in the right side of his abdomen and in both thighs<br />
in the bar action on 17 April 1945. His regiment lost 30 killed and 76 wounded in this action in the<br />
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approach upon Bologna. The German forces in Italy surrendered<br />
unconditionally and Armistice was signed 1 May 1945.<br />
Soon thereafter, within one month of the action, the bar to his MM was<br />
presented at a medal parade at 12 Brigade HQ on 10 May 1945.<br />
For service in Italy, April 1944 to the end of the campaign, the FC/CTH<br />
were awarded 10 Battle Honours, and lost 104 men out of the initial<br />
strength of 790. Preston was discharged at East London 4.11.1945.<br />
Preston attended the Victory Parade in London on 8 June 1946 when he<br />
was selected as the N.C.O. representing First <strong>City</strong>/Cape Town<br />
Highlanders. The South African Contingent numbered 253 men and<br />
women. A copy of his Discharge Certificate 14 April to 21 June 1946 is<br />
included.<br />
The parade through London took three hours to pass the saluting base<br />
before King George VI, and in it were 21.174 men and women<br />
including 3.400 Empire troops representing more than 50 Nations and<br />
Territories. Field Marshall Smuts was on the podium with Churchill.<br />
Preston received a war pension for a disability of 20% as a result of wounds. He was found dead in a<br />
waiting room on the East London Railway Station on 12 January 1955. A post mortem revealed<br />
death was due to suffocation. Foul play was not suspected.<br />
His name is mentioned in the following books:<br />
First <strong>City</strong> – A Saga of Service by R Griffiths;<br />
The Cape Town Highlanders 1885-1970 by N. Orpen<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s for Gallantry and Distinguished Conduct awarded to Natal, Cape Colony and Union<br />
Defence Force Units by D R Forsyth<br />
Sold with soldier’s identity discs; Catholic rosary beads; First <strong>City</strong> collar badge; soldier’s service<br />
papers for WWII from Union Defence Headquarters in Pretoria; article listing by name all 177 MM<br />
and bar awards for WWII; Public Records Office copy of M.M. recommendation “For Outstanding<br />
Courage and Initiative” approved by GeneralAlexander; Public Records Office copy<br />
recommendation for bar to the MM “For Bravery in Action” approved by Field Marshall<br />
Alexander; application for the Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> dated 25 July 1945 detailing his 12 years 132 days<br />
service with full-time war service counting double, approved by Maj. Gen. W.H.E. Poole C.B.,<br />
C.B.E., D.S.O.; named list of all 253 members of the Union Defence Force contingent attending the<br />
Victory Parade in London 8 June 1946. (The unit names are unfortunately misplaced by one<br />
position); article from the MOTH magazine Home Front by a member of the contingent, describing<br />
his experiences; East London Daily Despatch 13 January 1955 reporting his death; MOTH<br />
Magazine S.A. Victory March, London; photograph of a kilted Preston in uniform; photograph to the<br />
First <strong>City</strong> and Cape Town Highlanders Colours; photograph of the Springbok Victory Contingent<br />
marching past King VI.<br />
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102. Four – Military <strong>Medal</strong> (MM) (Geo.V) EF 22.000 – 30.000<br />
423 P te H.J. Sherman 1/S.A. Inf:Bn:;<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) L/Cpl. H.J. Sherman 1 st S.A.I.; S.A.W.S. unnamed as issued<br />
MM LG 19 January 1917<br />
Henry James Sherman was born at Port Elizabeth in 1896. He<br />
was educated at Marist Brothers College and then worked as a<br />
salesman for Mosenthal & Co., wholesaler merchants.<br />
Attested at Potchefstroom 16 August 1915 for service in “B”<br />
Company of the 1 st South African Infantry Battalion of the South<br />
African Overseas Expeditionary Force. Served in Egypt12 January<br />
1916 – 12 April 1916. He was present on 26 February 1916 at the<br />
Battle of Agagiya 14 miles south east of Sidi Barrani. South<br />
African losses numbered 1 officer and 13 other ranks killed, and 5<br />
officers and 98 other ranks wounded. The 1 st and 3 rd South African<br />
Infantry battalions were both granted the Battle Honours of<br />
"Agagiya" and of "Egypt 1916".At the battle of Delville Wood,<br />
14-20 July, the 1 st South African Infantry Brigade, 4.082 strong,<br />
made a glorious six day stand in which they faced far superior<br />
German strength and sustained 2.432 casualties, of which 763 were<br />
killed or died of wounds. Sherman suffered a gunshot wound in the<br />
left shoulder 17 July 1916 on the 4 th day of the battle. His regiment lost 26 men killed and missing on<br />
that day. The 1 st South African Infantry Battalion casualties over the seven days of the battle<br />
numbered 583, comprising 192 killed, died of wounds or missing, 363 wounded and 26 prisoners of<br />
war. Sherman spent the next two months in hospitals in France and England.<br />
Served in France again 20 September 1916 – 3 November 1916. During this period the South<br />
Africans suffered casualties of approximately 1.150, including 45 officers of whom 16 were killed.<br />
At this time the major action of the 1 st S.A.I. was its attack on the Butte de Warlencourt on 18<br />
October 1916. Quote from Sherman’s letter home dated 11 November 1916.“The night I got my<br />
present was the 18 October 1916, while I was guiding a party of Scottish in for working purposes.<br />
We got half way down the communication trench and the Gerries started strafing it, causing a<br />
wild dash for cover. Before I knew where I was, someone from behind sent me flat on my face,<br />
and just as I was about to get up, the trench was blown up by a high explosive, sending me flat<br />
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again. They pulled me out but I was finished. I got into an old German dug-out more dead than<br />
alive, but not too bad to struggle back after showing them their work. I carried on the best Icould<br />
the next day, after telling what had happened; a sprained leg (left, slight) and both hips, which<br />
have now become natural. The worst was the blow on the kidneys, which I am still suffering<br />
from."Earlier in the same letter Sherman describes his experiences as a chief runner. He closes with<br />
the words – “I then made my way back to headquarters again with my report which was lengthy,<br />
and I must say the Colonel was pleased to a certain extent."<br />
His MM award must have been for good work as a runner.<br />
Awarded the Military <strong>Medal</strong> in the LG 19 January 1917. No official recommendation could be<br />
traced, but this Regimental Testimonial of Gallantry dated 15 January 1918 tells the story of his<br />
gallantry in the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt.<br />
He was in hospital in France, Ireland and at Richmond Park from 20 October 1916 suffering from<br />
rheumatism and diarrhoea. For the following eight months he served in England at the Cavalry<br />
Command Depot, Eastbourne and with the 1 st Reserve Battalion.Returned to France 13 July 1917<br />
and joined “B” Company 1 st S.A. Infantry. Back to England on 21 September 1917 and attached to<br />
the Discharge Depot. He reverted to the ranks voluntarily on 10 October 1917. Promoted Lance<br />
Corporal 30 October 1918, Corporal 28 January 1919, Lance Sergeant 24 June 1919 and Sergeant<br />
29September 1919. Posted to South Africa 21 November 1919 and discharged at Cape Town on 14<br />
January 1920.He was mentioned in a War Office Communiqué dated 28 August 1919.<br />
Sherman was the first choice in the selection of a group of six ex-servicemen from Port Elizabeth<br />
and Walmer to attend the official Unveiling Ceremony of the South Africa National War Memorial<br />
at Delville Wood held on 1 October 1926 (photograph included).<br />
During World War II Sherman served as a Special Constable in the Walmer Civilian Protection<br />
Services 25 August 1941 – 31 August 1945 (discharge certificate included). He was an extremely<br />
enthusiastic supporter of the annual re-union parades and dinners of members of the 1 st South<br />
African Infantry Brigade. Sherman was one of 214 attendees named in the copy souvenir programme<br />
included of the 50 th Anniversary Re-union in Johannesburg of the 1 st S.A.I. Brigade 4-6 September<br />
1966 (photograph included of the group of 1 st S.A.I. in which Sherman appears).Sherman died at Port<br />
Elizabeth in 1971.His name is mentioned in the following books: Delville Wood, by Ian Uys<br />
1983; Rollcall, the Delville Wood Story, by Ian Uys 1991; The History of the South African<br />
Forces in France, by John Buchan; <strong>Medal</strong>s for Gallantry and Distinguished Conduct awarded<br />
to Natal, Cape Colony and Union Defence Force Units, by D.R. Forsyth.<br />
Sold with much documentation, incl. service record from Union of Defence H.Q.; 5 letters written<br />
home by Sherman and publ. in the local press; 2 on experiences in Egypt; 1 describing experiences<br />
at Delville Wood and another the Battle at the Butte de Warlencourt; 1 describing his experience<br />
receiving the MM from Geo.V at Buckingham Palace.<br />
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GENERAL JACOBUS HERCULES DE LA REY<br />
22 OCTOBER 1847 – 15 SEPTEMBER 1914<br />
103. Four – Dekoratie Voor Trouwe Dienst (DTD); EF 250.000 – 450.000<br />
Anglo-Boere Oorlog <strong>Medal</strong>je (ABO) A. Komdt. Genl. J.H. De La Rey;<br />
Lint voor Wonden; Union of South Africa Commemoration <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed as issued<br />
This is the group of medals awarded to the famous General J.H. De la Rey.<br />
Many books have been written about him and the cataloguer can do no better than to quote in full the<br />
admirable article authored by M.C.E. van Schoor in the Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa.<br />
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, volume 3, p 628ff. Nasou, Cape Town, 1970.<br />
“DE LA REY, Jacobus Hercules (Koos). Soldier and politician. Born at Doornspruit (Winburg)<br />
22.10.1847 — killed at Langlaagte 15.9.1914. Both his father, Adrianus Johannes, a veteran of<br />
several Cape Frontier wars who later also distinguished himself by bravery in the Transvaal, and his<br />
mother, Adriana Wilhelmina van Rooyen, were from the district of George. In 1845 they settled near<br />
Winburg on the farm Doornspruit, where Koos was born as their sixth child. After the Battle of<br />
Boomplaats in 1848, in which Adrianus took part, the family moved across the Vaal and settled in<br />
what was later the Wolmaransstad district. On the discovery of diamonds the young Koos, as he was<br />
popularly known, went to Kimberley to engage in transport-riding. On 24 Oct.1876 he married<br />
Jacobs Elizabeth Greeff and settled on the farm Elandsfontein near Lichtenburg. Ten children were<br />
born to them.<br />
A Transvaal volunteer in the Basuto War of 1865 and a veteran of the Sekhukhune War, his services<br />
were appreciated by the authorities. He was commissioned to assist in the survey of farms in the<br />
Western Transvaal and was appointed Native Commissioner for that region. At the outbreak of the<br />
First Anglo-Boer War in 1881 he took the lead in lowering the British flag at Lichtenburg and<br />
arresting the magistrate. In 1885 he was elected commandant for the Lichtenburg district, which he<br />
represented in the Volksraad from 1883. Believing in moderation, he joined the progressive groups<br />
of Gen. Piet Joubert. He strongly opposed the intransigence of President Kruger toward the<br />
Uitlanders, and was also against an armed conflict with Great Britain.<br />
When the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out, however, De la Rey showed himself an ardent patriot.<br />
As field general in the Western Transvaal under the command of Gen. Piet Cronje he scored a first<br />
success over the British forces at Kraaipan station two days after the declaration of war, and<br />
afterwards occupied Vryburg. In the action at Twee-river (28 Nov. 1899), where Lord Methuen's<br />
forces were halted temporarily, De la Rey was hit in the shoulder and his eldest son was mortally<br />
wounded.<br />
From the outset De la Rey's natural talent in military strategy and tactics inclined him to conduct<br />
mobile warfare against superior forces. As events were to show, pitched battles against the British<br />
were no longer feasible. De la Rey openly condemned Cronjé's siege strategy and warned him that if<br />
he persisted in these tactics, the Boer forces would be immobilised on the Modder River. Very<br />
reluctantly, and only after having been ordered to do so by Pres. Steyn, did Gen. Cronje employ De<br />
la Rey's masterly strategy of entrenching himself with his forces in front of the Magersfontein hills,<br />
and Methuen, with the pick of the Scottish regiments, were crushingly defeated. Despite De la Rey's<br />
insistence that Cronje should take the offensive and drive the demoralised Methuen back across the<br />
Orange, Cronje declined to move and let the initiative slip from his hands.<br />
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In Jan. 1900 De la Rey was dispatched to Colesberg in an attempt to halt Gen. French's advance and<br />
to secure relief from increasing pressure. Here, however, he failed to cut the British lines between<br />
Noupoort and De Aar, since President Steyn had ordered the withdrawal of a large Free State<br />
commando in order toassist in the attempt to extricate Cronje at Paardekraal. De la Rey then<br />
hastened to Paardekraal and joined Gen. C. R. de Wet at Abrahamskraal in a last stand against the<br />
advance of Lord Roberts on Bloemfontein. Upon Cronje's surrender De la Rey was promoted to<br />
assistant commandant-general for the Western Transvaal, but several months were to elapse before<br />
he could operate in his own territory. He was ordered to join other generals in an attempt to counter<br />
Roberts's advance on Johannesburg and Pretoria. He distinguished himself at Donkerhoek (11 June<br />
1900) before his break-through to the Western Transvaal at Silkaatsnek (11 July 1900) where, as the<br />
'Lion of the Western Transvaal', he proved his ability against the enemy. With his natural military<br />
ingenuity, his personal bravery, and his wise leadership he inspired the burghers, who were greatly<br />
outnumbered in almost every engagement, to perform what seemed almost impossible.<br />
After he had expelled the enemy from the Western Transvaal, enabling civilian government to be restored<br />
and even allowing the burghers to sow and gather their crops, the British under Methuen<br />
began to co-ordinate all their resources in an effort to destroy De la Rey's commandos. His<br />
maneuverability and mobile tactics outwitted them time and again and caused them heavy losses of<br />
supplies. In a combined action with Gen. C. F. Beyers, his faithful comrade in arms, a victory was<br />
gained against Maj.-Gen. R. A. P. Clements at Nooitgedacht (12 Dec. 1900 in the Magaliesberg. But<br />
De la Rey's movements were being restricted more and more and in 1901, with the approach of<br />
winter, his commandos were in a perilous state. Nevertheless he was undaunted, and although his<br />
men had begun to weary of the struggle he could rely on the loyalty of the generals under him<br />
(Beyers, Kemp and Smuts). Like Steyr and De Wet he rejected overtures in June 1901 to conclude<br />
peace and was firmly resolved to continue the war to the bitter end.<br />
Lord Methuen and Col. R. G. Kekewich thereupon began to intensify their efforts. They relied<br />
especially on 'scorched earth' tactics to break the opposition of De la Rey and Kemp, which now<br />
consisted mainly of making sudden attacks. De la Rey was obliged to avoid, as far as possible, the<br />
huge British columns which were now devastating the southern part of the Western Transvaal,<br />
stripping it of every vestige of crops and animal life. Only the personal support he had from the<br />
burghers enabled him successfully to inspire them to persevere in the face of such desperate<br />
conditions. By Feb. 1902 the Western Transvaal had been reduced to a state of near surrender, and<br />
De la Rey realised that only a striking victory could restore morale. An attack upon a British force at<br />
Ysterspruit (24 Feb. 1902) met with great success, large quantities of munitions being captured in<br />
addition to transport vehicles, field guns, and draught animals. This restored confidence, and when<br />
Methuen began his advance from Vryburg and Kekewich from Klerksdorp, in an attempt to encircle<br />
De la Rey, he prepared himself for a frontal attack on Methuen. At Tweebosch (7March 1902), on<br />
open terrain, the united Boer commandos of the Western Transvaal, numbering scarcely 700 men,<br />
launched a heroic attack on the enemy. Fewer than 200 cavalry of Methuen's 1,400men escaped,<br />
while Methuen himself, then second in command of the British forces in South Africa, was severely<br />
wounded and captured. Since he could not have his wounds tended, De la Rey had him returned – a<br />
humane and magnanimous gesture which matched his military prowess that day. De la Rey's<br />
burghers had used a technique of firing from the saddle while charging against modern rifle fire with<br />
amazing intrepidity and success. Every effort was thereupon made to destroy De la Rey's remaining<br />
forces in a devastating onslaught. Kitchener personally hastened to Klerksdorp in order to organise a<br />
concerted attack on the remaining commandos. The advance guard engaged Kemp in heavy action at<br />
Boschbult, but De la Rey managed to evade encirclement. While a second onslaught was being<br />
prepared, De la Rey was summoned to Klerksdorp by the Acting President, Gen. Schalk Burger, to<br />
consider possible peace terms. Kemp, who had been left in charge, had meanwhile been encircled at<br />
Brakspruit, but managed to escape in spite of heavy losses. When the commandos re-formed at<br />
Swartruggens they were again joined by De la Rey, but this time with the news that peace<br />
negotiations were to be opened. As delegate to Vereeniging De la Rey's words carried great weight.<br />
He and his officers were of the opinion that they could pursue the struggle, but in the light of<br />
prevailing conditions in the Republics he also saw clearly that the end had come.<br />
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After the conclusion of peace he was one of the triumvirate – Botha, De Wet and De la Rey – who<br />
went to Europe in an attempt to collect funds for the impoverished war widows and children. In<br />
1903he proceeded to India on a successful mission to persuade the prisoners of war to take the oath<br />
of allegiance and return to South Africa. On his return he withdrew to his farm near Lichtenburg. He<br />
was elected to the new self-governing parliament of the Transvaal in 1907, and thereafter was one of<br />
the Transvaal delegates to the National Convention. After Union he was appointed to the Senate, and<br />
on the institution of the Defence Council was appointed to it with other former comrades in arms.<br />
When the break between Gens. Hertzog and Botha came in 1912 De la Rey continued to support<br />
Botha and co-operated with the Government in suppressing the strikes on the Witwatersrand early in<br />
1914. At the outbreak of war later that year he did not see his way clear to support Botha's policy.<br />
Strongly influenced by Nicolaas ('the Seer') van Rensburg's visions of the liberation of the republican<br />
Afrikaners, he did not hesitate to express his ardent desire to hoist the Vierkleur at Paardekraal. It<br />
appears that he also contemplated action in accordance with a reputed understanding among those<br />
Boer generals who had been present at the peace negotiations at Vereeniging that they would merely<br />
wait for an opportune moment to restore the independence of the former republics.<br />
It required the combined powers of persuasion of Botha and Smuts to prevent De la Rey from taking<br />
irresponsible action. When Parliament by an overwhelming majority resolved in Sept. 1914 to invade<br />
South-West Africa, De la Rey hurried north by train, and on 15 Sept. communicated with Gen.<br />
Beyers, who had that day resigned his commission as Commandant-General in protest against the<br />
resolution. The two old comrades left Pretoria together by car on the same day to meet Gen. Kemp in<br />
the military training camp at Potchefstroom. Whereas Beyers probably intended no more than simply<br />
to explain his attitude, De la Rey was firmly resolved to proceed to rebellion and the proclamation of<br />
a republic. Their route that night was via Langlaagte. Because they had reason to believe that they<br />
were being pursued, the driver was ordered to crash a police barrier which had, however, been set up<br />
not for them, but for the notorious Foster gang.<br />
A ricocheting bullet struck the car and entered De la Rey's heart. With the words 'Dit is raak!' (I'm<br />
hit) he died in the arms of Beyers. At the burial the situation at the graveside was extremely tense,<br />
many people believing that this beloved and revered figure had been killed deliberately. From far<br />
and near veteran officers and burghers from the Anglo-Boer War flocked to Lichtenburg to pay their<br />
last homage to the venerable and devout patriot, and it was largely due to Beyers's pacifying funeral<br />
oration that the situation did not develop into a republican demonstration.<br />
De la Rey was commemorated in 1964 by the unveiling of Hennie Potgieter's equestrian statue at<br />
Lichtenburg. His wife, Jacoba Elizabeth, nee Greeff, wrote a book on her war experiences which was<br />
translated into English as A woman's wanderings during the Anglo-Boer War (1903) . Their daughter,<br />
Jacoba Elizabeth (Polly) Morkel (1887-1967), who was honorary colonel of the Regiment De la Rey<br />
of the Western Transvaal, kept her father's memory alive, transforming her house into a private<br />
Africana museum. The historical documents in her possession were bequeathed to the South African<br />
War Museum in Johannesburg. The Transvaal archives in Pretoria contain a valuable De la Rey<br />
collection of documents, mainly on the period 1899 to 1914”.<br />
De la Rey’s oldest surviving son, Hennie de la Rey, joined the South African Forces when they<br />
invaded German South West Africa; his daughter, Polly, applied on behalf of her late father for his<br />
Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst, Anglo Boer War <strong>Medal</strong> and Lint voor Wonden.<br />
His grandson, Jack de la Rey, retired with the rank of Brigadier General in the South African Air<br />
Force. General J.H. de la Rey, Jnr, was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC) for services in the<br />
Second World War and the Southern Cross <strong>Medal</strong> (SCM) for services in the S.A.A.F.<br />
Sold with various documents; photographs; 2 uniface medallion castings. See also LOT 222.<br />
The vendor acquired this group directly from a family member.<br />
This is the first time that this group has appeared on <strong>Auction</strong>.<br />
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MEDALS OF THE BOER REPUBLICS<br />
Anglo-Boere Oorlog <strong>Medal</strong>s (ABO)<br />
Singles<br />
104. – Veldkornet C.G. Snyman EF- 2.500 – 3.600<br />
Christoffel Snyman saw service with the Waterberg Commando, inter alia at Colesbeg and Lake<br />
Chrissie. He was taken POW on 22 January 1902 (No. 28483) and sent to St Helena.<br />
When he received his medal in 1942 he wrote back:<br />
“….thank you so much for my ABO medal. The Joiners do not want to look at it: to them it is a<br />
thorn in the flesh. To me it is worth more than £100…”.<br />
Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and relevant page from POW Register.<br />
105. – Burger P.W.J. Cilliers VF 1.700 – 2.000<br />
Prins Willem Jacobus Cilliers served in the Heilbron Commando under Commandant van Coller<br />
for the full duration of the war. He saw action at Swartbooiskop (Nodaswana/Rietfontein: 24 October<br />
1899), Modderspruit (Ladysmith: 30 October 1899), Platrand (Wagon Hill: 6 January 1900) as well<br />
various skirmishes in the Free State, including Krismiskop (25 December 1901).<br />
Sold with copy of Vorm “B”<br />
106. – Burger J.P.L. Cloete EF- 1.700 – 2.000<br />
Jacob Cloete initially served in the Middelburg Commando under Field Cornet Gauche.<br />
According to a letter written in support of Cloete’s ABO application, Gauche later surrendered to the<br />
British and Cloete then joined the Potchefstroom Commando.<br />
He saw action in Natal (Colenso, Potgieters Drift, Ladysmith) and subsequently in the Transvaal<br />
(Machadodorp, Roodewal and Lichtenburg). Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and supporting<br />
correspondence, as well as copied photo of Cloete taken during Rebellion (1914).<br />
107. – Burger D.H. Deetlefs EF- 1.900 – 2.400<br />
Daniel Deetlefs, a member of the Ficksburg Commando, was one of some 4.000 burghers under<br />
General Marthinus Prinsloowho were taken POW on 30 July 1900 at Surrender Hill between<br />
Fouriesburg and the present-day Clarens.<br />
Prior to that he was in the action at Sannas Post (31 March 1900) as well as minor skirmishes such as<br />
Moolmanshoek. Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and relevant page from POW Register.<br />
108. – Burg. A.D. Niemandt VF+ 1.700 – 2.200<br />
There are 3 Burghers Andries Dewalt Niemandt listed on the Forsyth ABO roll.<br />
One of them only applied in the early 1940’s and is clearly not this recipient, as it has the WWII<br />
naming style. The other 2 were issued early in 1922 and, according to the Vorm “B” data, were<br />
probably to two cousins who both served in the Marico Commando.<br />
They both took part in actions in the Northern and North-Western Transvaal, including the action at<br />
Zilikatsnek (11 July 1900) when the British losses were 24 killed and 44 wounded.<br />
Sold with copies of 3 relevant Vorms “B”.<br />
109. – Korporaal J. Pretorius VF+ 1.900 – 2.400<br />
Johannes Pretorius served in the Senekal Commando, initially on the Natal Front (Colenso, Spion<br />
Kop, etc.) and subsequently in the Free State (Modder River) till his capture in September 1900<br />
when he was sent to Ceylon. Sold with front of an envelope addressed to J Pretorius, Hut 63,<br />
Diyatalawa Camp as well as a copy of Vorm “B”.<br />
110. – Burg. J.J.L. Prinsloo EF- 1.900 – 2.400<br />
When the Boer War broke out, Josephus Prinsloo was 14 years old.<br />
He only joined the Middelburg Commando in May 1901, just before he turned 16. Prinsloo<br />
mentions Blackwood Camp (15 km north of Balmoral) in his application: General Ben Viljoen<br />
laagered here for a period from the 24 th April 1901 and Prinsloo probably started his commando-life<br />
there. He served till peace was declared.<br />
Sold with copies of Vorm “B”, Prinsloo’s Death Notice (confirming his age) and relevant pages<br />
from Ben Viljoen’s Reminiscences of the Boer War.<br />
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111. – Burger. S.C. Scholtz EF- 2.000 – 2.800<br />
At the beginning of the war, Stephanus Scholtz was a Constable in the ZAR Police.<br />
He initially saw action in Natal (Ladysmith, Colenso) and then moved under Commandant van Dam<br />
to the Free State theatre (Colesberg, Abrahamskraal). He subsequently moved with the retreating<br />
Boer Forces, first to Pretoria and thence eastwards via Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill), Helvetia and<br />
Dalmanutha, where he was in the famous “last stand” of the ZARP’s.<br />
He then threw in his lot with Genl. Chris Muller’s Commando and finally surrendered with Muller<br />
at Middelburg at the beginning of June 1902. Sold with copy of Vorm “B”.<br />
112. – Burger D.G. Steyn EF- 1.900 – 2.400<br />
Douw Steyn served in the Johannesburg Commando under General Ben Viljoenfrom 9 October<br />
1899, seeing action at Ladysmith and Colenso and subsequently in the Cape Colony under General<br />
Lemmer. He was taken POW in March 1902 and was not sent overseas but kept in the Johannesburg<br />
Fort till peace was declared. Sold with copied Vorm “B”.<br />
113. – Burg. G.F.A. van Kraayenberg EF- 1.800 - 2.200<br />
Gert van Kraayenburg served in Carolina Commando which did outstanding service at Spion<br />
Kop. He was also present at the retreat from Ladysmith (Almonds Nek, Botha’s Pass).<br />
This medal was claimed in 1921 but in December 1949, for reasons unspecified, he again put a claim<br />
for a medal, adding that he also accompanied General Botha in his invasion of Natal (Melmoth, etc.)<br />
in 1901. This was turned down.<br />
Sold with copies of 1921 and 1949 Vorm “B”.<br />
114. – Burger C.A.J van Rensburg EF- 1.800 – 2.200<br />
Cornelius van Rensburg served in General de Wet’s Commando. He, however, was not among the<br />
2.000 men who escaped with De Wet from the Brandwater Basin and was subsequently taken POW<br />
with General Marthinus Prinsloo at Surrender Hill on 30 July 1900.<br />
Prior to that he had been in action at Dewetsdorp and Colesberg.<br />
Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and relevant page from POW Register.<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
115. – ABO Burger J.M. Buys; SA Police Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> EF- 2.200 – 3.000<br />
(1 st type): No. 3805 (M)1/C Constable J.M. Buys<br />
Although Jasper Buys was a “Penkop”, not yet 13 years old, when the Boer War broke out, his<br />
presence on the Staff of President Steyn (probably as messenger) was confirmed on Vorm “B” by<br />
Messrs Brebner (Acting State Secretary, Free State) and Gordon Fraser (President Steyn’s Private<br />
Secretary).<br />
Buys Joined the S.A. Police in November 1912. He saw active service during the Rebellion.<br />
His record card mentions: “Wounded by Rebels : 14/11/1914”.<br />
His Police GSM was issued in October 1926.<br />
Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and Police service cards.<br />
116. – ABO Burg. H.W. van Breda; BWM Lt. H.W. van Breda EF- 2.000 – 2.800<br />
Hendrik van Breda’s claimed Boer War service was with the Swaziland Police, initially in Natal<br />
(including Spion Kop) and later in the Eastern Transvaal (including Dalmanutha and Lake Chrissie).<br />
During WWI Sgt. Major Van Breda was on the PF Staff (att. Overseas Depot) with the rank of T/Lt<br />
and with Union service only.<br />
There is however, doubt as to the veracity/validity of his service as claimed on Vorm “B”, even<br />
though the form was signed by General E. Cheere Emmett. On 3 April 1922the District Staff Officer,<br />
Standerton asked in a confidential letter to the Adjutant General, UDF:<br />
“Please advise me whether Sgt.Maj. H.W. van Breda, Instructor, PF Staff, has applied for the<br />
ABO medal. I ask this because it has been brought to my notice that he is not entitled to same”.<br />
The reply a week later briefly stated that he had already been awarded the medal.<br />
Sold with copies of Vorm “B” and relevant correspondence as well as WWI service card.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
117. – Ribbon for ABO - original silk-weave<br />
EF 180 – 240<br />
(600mm length). Sufficient to correctly re-ribbon 6 medals.<br />
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ANGLO-BOER WAR: CARVED COMMEMORATIVE SMOKING PIPES<br />
There is a vigorous debate on several forums about the political correctness of using the name “Oom Paul”<br />
(LOTS 118-131) for the tall, upright shaped pipe. This due to President Paul Kruger (Oom Paul), the<br />
President of the South African Republic (Transvaal), during the Anglo-Boer War, being an Afrikaner and<br />
consequently linked, (rightly or wrongly), to the later Nationalist Party’s apartheid policies.<br />
As a result, many today prefer to call the shape “Hungarian”<br />
There is a common myth about these commemorative pipes that they were carved by British Prisoners-of-<br />
War. This fails on several counts.<br />
The majority of the pipes are made of briar, (the woody root of the Erica arborea, a tree not native to South<br />
Africa, see below), by British pipe making companies, some of which have stamped their company name or<br />
logo onto the pipes.<br />
Many of the pipes have electroplated nickel bands, which certainly would not have been available to<br />
Prisoners-of-War.<br />
Occasionally the band might even have been sterling silver, in some cases bearing a set of British hallmarks.<br />
The Bakelite used extensively for pipe stems only became widely available after being invented and patented<br />
by Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1907.<br />
The most conclusive evidence debunking this story is that many of the pipes bear all the dates of the Anglo-<br />
Boer Wars – how could a prisoner-of-war know when the then currently fought war, would end <br />
The most likely explanation is that the pipes were acquired by soldiers after returning to Great Britain, who<br />
had them carved with dates and places linked to battles or campaigns they were involved in.<br />
The purchase of the two expensive Meerschaum pipes was probably only afforded because groups of soldiers<br />
contributed to their purchase (LOTS 121 & 122).<br />
Willem Steenkamp, the widely acknowledged South African military history expert, also confirmed that the<br />
Boer forces did not take many Prisoner-of-War…it took up too much manpower. Standard Boer practice with<br />
captured British soldiers was to confiscate their weapons, ammunition and boots, then cut or remove their<br />
braces forcing them to hold up their trousers, and turn them loose.<br />
Materials used were: Briar: Erica arborea - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white<br />
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes; and Bakelite, the history<br />
of this, the most widely used early plastic is recounted in the truly fantastic story of the Baekeland family,<br />
which makes today’s “soapies” pale by comparison. Recounted in all its decadent detail in the book, Savage<br />
Grace by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson (published by William Morrow, (USA); Victor Gollancz,<br />
1985; and Penguin books 1986.<br />
Pipe shapes identified by Ed Anderson of http://www.smokersforums.co.uk/forum.php<br />
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118. – Briar wood pipe (bent Billiard shape) 750 – 1.200<br />
with Bakelite mouthpiece, electroplate windcap with milled rim and band punched with “EP”<br />
in a lozenge, and the letters “M” “B” and “H” in square fields with clipped corners.<br />
Bowl height: 50.30mm; diam: 32.40mm; bore:19.30mm; length 140.0mm.<br />
Carved with (on front of the bowl) a shield with the intertwined letters “CP”; on the bowl:<br />
BOER WAR : 1899 1900 1901: MIDDx Rgt: CERES : MATJESFONTIEN(sic) :<br />
WATERVAL TULBAGH<br />
On stem: CALVINIA : PIQUETBERG (sic) : GYDO.PASS<br />
119. – Briar wood pipe (bent Billiard shape) 850 – 1.200<br />
with threaded brown Bakelite mouthpiece. On the front of the bowl is set a mid-Victorian<br />
Threepenny coin, (threepence, known colloquially in South Africa as a “Tickey”).<br />
Bowl height: 53.50mm; diam: 39.65mm; bore: 24.40mm; length: 132.0mm<br />
Carved with the words on the bowl: BOER WAR : L (COIN) H : VERIENIGING (sic)<br />
On stem: 1899 1900 All contained in ribbons<br />
120. – Briar wood pipe (bent Billiard shape) 800 – 1.200<br />
with a fitted brown Bakelite mouthpiece, electroplate windcap with milled rim and band.<br />
Bowl height diam. 32.80mm; bore 19.40mm; length 126.0mm<br />
Carved with the words on the front of the bowl: a small shield with the letters “V” and “R”<br />
enclosing a Crown; below this, a round shield containing the intertwined initials “ J McG”<br />
On bowl: ORANGE RIVER : BOER WAR LUCKHOFF : SOUTH AFRICA : 1900 1901 :<br />
6 TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS<br />
On stem: EDENBURG : REDDERSBURG : DE.WETS DORP : THABANCHU : BLM.FTN<br />
A note in the bowl lists three men, all of the6 TH Lancashire Fusiliers, possibly connected with this<br />
pipe: 2350 Corporal J. McGovern : 4536 Private J. McGrath : 9040 Private J. McGrath<br />
121. – Meerschaum pipe (bent Billiard shape) 650 – 1.000<br />
with a threaded brown Bakelite mouthpiece, formed into trumpet shape at the junction.<br />
Bowl height: 51.30mm; diam: 33.50mm; bore: 20.20mm; length 149.85mm, with an electroplate band,<br />
engraved thereon the words: SERGT E. HARBOURNE : 3 rd Battn Grenadier Gds. :<br />
From : DICKIE CHAMBERLAIN : Xmas 1897.<br />
122. – Meerschaum pipe (canted Dublin shape) 650 – 1.000<br />
with a fixed amber mouthpiece. Bowl height: 51.60mm; diam: 34.35mm; bore: 20.0mm; length:<br />
155.10mm with a gold band, engraved with the words:<br />
Presented : By the Band : To : Bandmaster Caiger : on his retirement : Feby 1903.<br />
123. – Briar wood pipe (canted Dublin shape) 650 – 1.000<br />
fitted Bakelite mouthpiece and Sterling silver band; hallmarked: Birmingham 1906; Maker’s Mark<br />
E.M.R (not traced). Bowl height: 45.65mm; diam: 30.70mm; bore 18.40mm; length 123.0mm<br />
Carved on the front of the bowl The Prince of Wales feathers and the word: WELSH<br />
On bowl: DARDANELLES : MESOPATAMIA : BAGHDAD : KUT-EL : AMARA<br />
On stem: a shield with the letters “HVP”<br />
Attributed to: Captain H.V. Palin, M.C. who served with the Welsh Regiment during the Great War.<br />
124. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 800 – 1.200<br />
threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, Maker’s mark H.H & Co. Electroplate windcap with milled rim and<br />
band bearing the underlined word “Perle”.<br />
Bowl height: 71.50mm; diam: 31.95mm; bore: 19.55mm; length: 88.0mm<br />
Carved on front of bowl: a shield with the letters “HLI”;below a likeness of Paul Kruger<br />
On bowl: BOER WAR : 1899 1902 : SOUTH AFRICA<br />
On stem the name: R.GIBSONAll contained in ribbons.<br />
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125. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 850 – 1.200<br />
threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, with pierced electroplate open cap and pierced band.<br />
Bowl height: 72.34mm; diam: 33.30mm; bore: 20.40mm;length: 99.95mm<br />
Carved with on front of bowl a crest with a stag, on a Maltese Cross surrounded by the motto:<br />
“HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENS”<br />
On bowl: SOUTH + AFRICA BOER VAR(sic) : C.COLONY NATAL : 16 TH FOOT<br />
On stem: O.V.S. Z.A.RAll contained in ribbons; G.DEARin a pointed eclipse<br />
126. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 700 – 1.000<br />
with threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, electroplate windcap with milled rim and band, both engraved<br />
with the mark “KOH.I.NOOR”<br />
Bowl height: 71.50mm; diam: 32.50mm; bore: 20.60mm; length: 106.60mm<br />
Engraved on front of bowl: a caduceus, surrounded by laurel leaves and topped by a crown, below<br />
which in a ribbon: ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP flanked by the words:<br />
EDINBURGH HOSPITAL SOUTH AFRICA, decorated with thistles and the name:<br />
J.MITCHELL;laurel leaves, below which: NORVALS PONT below which: 1900<br />
127. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 700 – 1.000<br />
with a black threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, Electroplate band, the letters EP.<br />
Bowl height: 77.80mm; diam: 27.90mm; bore: 19.00mm; length: 104.20mm<br />
Carved with the words on front of bowl in a large shield in ribbons:<br />
FROM : WALTER : TO : CHARLIE<br />
below which, in ribbon: BOER WAR : SOUTH AFRICA : HARRISMITH<br />
On stem: 1899 1903<br />
128. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 700 – 1.000<br />
with a black threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, Electroplate band, engraved with the mark<br />
“KOH.I.NOOR”.<br />
Bowl height: 72.0mm; diam: 32.20mm; bore: 20.10mm; length: 105.50mm<br />
Carved with the words on the front of bowl in a shield: BOER WAR;<br />
beneath which in a tri-lobed shield: 1899 1900 1901<br />
Below that: a three-leaf clover, a rose and a thistle<br />
On bowl in pointed eclipses: SOUTH AFRICA<br />
129. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 950 – 1.500<br />
with a black threaded Bakelite mouthpiece. This pipe has never been smoked.<br />
Bowl height 76.00mm / Diameter 32.10mm / Bore 19.40mm / Length 110.10mm<br />
Carved with the words on front of bowl in an oval shield the letters BADS flanked by Fern leaves<br />
topped by a crown below which is a ribbon<br />
On bowl: BOER WAR : 1901 1902 : FROM BERT<br />
130. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 850 – 1.200<br />
with a black threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, Maker’s Mark, MB in an oval, below which 12:0. Bowl<br />
height: 71.85mm; diam: 31.50mm; bore: 18.70mm; length: 76.0mm<br />
Carved on the bowl: PRINCE OF WALES FEATHERS<br />
Above and below which, the words: BOER WAR : PRETORIA : 1899.1900.1901<br />
131. – Briar wood pipe (Oom Paul, or Hungarian shape) 800 – 1.200<br />
threaded Bakelite mouthpiece, electroplate windcap with milled rim (lid missing), and band bearing<br />
punch EP.<br />
Bowl height: 74.50mm; diam: 30.95mm; bore: 19.90mm; length: 97.5mm<br />
Engraved with on the front of the bowl, the likeness of: PAUL KRUGERbeneath which, in ribbons,<br />
beneath which a sprig of leaves flanked by the words: BOER WAR : SOUTH AFRICA which<br />
in turn are flanked by leaves and flowers<br />
On the stem in ribbons: FROM WILLIAM : TO HARRY BLAGG<br />
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CAMPAIGN MEDALS<br />
Singles<br />
South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (SAGS)<br />
1834-53<br />
No bar<br />
132. – Corpl. H. Keenan Rl.Arty. VF 4.500 – 6.000<br />
The Everson Roll (copied page supplied) notes that Hugh Keenan served in the 4 th Coy, 8 th Btn,<br />
Royal Artillery. They were stationed at Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort from October 1851 to the<br />
end of the 3 rd War in 1853. Slight r/k’s.<br />
1877-79<br />
bar: 1877-8-9<br />
133. – Com st Storekeeper W.E. Kuhlman VF 4.200 – 5.400<br />
Commissariat Storekeeper Kuhlman served in the campaigns against the Gaikas and the Galekas<br />
(1877-8) as well as the Zulus (1879). Sold with copied page from original PRO <strong>Medal</strong> Roll.<br />
Afghanistan <strong>Medal</strong><br />
Four bars<br />
134. – Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar VF- 8.000 – 12.000<br />
1441 Private A. Goldwyre 72 nd Highlanders<br />
Sold with copy page from medal roll.<br />
East and West Africa \<strong>Medal</strong><br />
One bar<br />
135. – Benin 1897 J.R. Blatchford, A.B. HMS Phoebe VF 2.400 – 3.200<br />
Sold with copy page from medal roll. Contact marks on obverse.<br />
Queen’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (QSA)<br />
No bar<br />
Bronze<br />
136. – Umballa 338 Syce Umer Din S&T Corps Pjb. Cd. EF 1.800 – 2.400<br />
The relevant QSA roll (copied page supplied) is headed “Supply & Transport Corps - Punjab<br />
Command – Sirhid District – Umballa”. <strong>Medal</strong> in exceptionally good condition for a bronze QSA.<br />
Silver<br />
137. – Q.M. Sgt. G. Griffiths Aliwal N. T.G. VF+ 1.400 – 1.800<br />
A total of 36 Queens South Africa medals issued to unit.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
138. – Pte. E. Klotzke Barberton T.G. VF 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
139. – 20 Pte. R. Allen Beaufort W. T.G. EF 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 56, LOT 408<br />
140. – Capt. W.H.C. Dunhill Boshof T.G. VF 1.600 – 2.000<br />
He was appointed as relief acting superintendent at the Springfontein Refugee Camp in 1901. Some<br />
controversy surrounded the issue of medals to this small Free State Town Guard. The QSA roll,<br />
drawn up in July 1901, lists 18 names. A note dated December 1903 refers to “claims not having<br />
been scrutinized”. In Feb. 1904 the first 7 medals were issued, followed by the remaining 11 in<br />
March 1905. Of this last batch, 7 were returned unclaimed in August 1907. Mr. W.H.C. Dunhill was<br />
Resident Magistrate at Boshof and later Vrede during the Boer War. Sold with copied page from<br />
QSA medal roll. PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 60, LOT 78 (officially reimpressed.<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s re-suspendered and obverse with traces of brooch mounting at 3 and 9 o’clock).<br />
141. – 83 H. Yates Burghersdorp T.G. EF 1.000 – 1.400<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
142. – Tpr. W.V. Bell Camperdown Dist. R.A. EF- 2.800 – 3.200<br />
William Vouse Bell was one of 25 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page QSA medal roll.<br />
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143. – 28 Tpr. P. Avenant Carnarvon D.M.T. VF- 1.000 – 1.500<br />
40 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Poorly re-suspendered.<br />
144. – 79 P te C.F. Christie Dordrecht T.G. VF+ 1.200 – 1.600<br />
32 medals awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 57, LOT 29<br />
145. – 23 Tpr. M. Goodes VF+ 1.000 – 1.400<br />
(Michael Goodes) Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
146. – 44 Tpr. G. Moss Fort Beaufort D.M.T. F+ 1.000 – 1.400<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
147. – 298 Pvt. D.P. Du P. Compaan Graaff-Reinet T.G. VF- 800 – 1.100<br />
Daniel Petrus Du Plessis Compaan<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. <strong>Medal</strong> has been cleaned.<br />
148. – 6 Pte. N.W. Kruger Elliot B.S. EF- 2.200 – 2.800<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
149. – Pvt. O.A. Haselan Green River D.M.T. VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
26 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. <strong>Medal</strong> re-suspendered.<br />
150. – Pte. W.J. Marais Griquatown D.C. VF+ 1.500 – 2.000<br />
30 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
151. – Pvt. F. Fensham Hanover T.G. VF 1.000 1.400<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 51, LOT 68<br />
152. – Pvt. W.V. Roach Kei Road Col. D.F. VF+ 2.000 – 2.500<br />
36 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
153. – 4 Serjt. A.P. Lloyd Knysna T.G. VF- 800 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Obv. traces of brooch mounting at 10 and 2 o’clock.<br />
154. – 31 Pte J.R. Tarr Komgha D.M.T. VF+ 1.300 – 1.600<br />
40 medals awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 53, LOT 101<br />
155. – 21 Tpr. A.S.L. Sutherland Krom River D.M.T. VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
Archwel Sutherland records indicate that Mr. A.S.L. Sutherland died in 1901. Perhaps that is the<br />
same man and worthy of further research. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
156. – Tpr. H. Kessel Ladismith T.G. VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
Subsequently served as No. 67 in “W” Squadron, Cape Col. Forces. Bars SA’01 & SA’02 issued in<br />
1907, but returned “Unclaimed”. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
157. – Tpr. R.J. Lund Malton Dist. R.A. VF 2.800 – 3.600<br />
21 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. <strong>Medal</strong> re-suspendered.<br />
158. – 7 Tpr. E.C. Reid Matjesfontein D.M.T. VF 2.000 – 2.500<br />
24 QSAs awarded to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
159. – Pte. F. Wallin Middleton T.G. VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
29 QSA to unit. Sold with copied page QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: F.K.MITCHELL COLLECTION.<br />
160. – 6 L.Cpl. W. Du Toit Montagu D.M.T. F- 800 – 1.400<br />
21 QSA to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. <strong>Medal</strong> heavily cleaned and worn.<br />
161. – 36 Pte. J. Maude Naauwpoort T.G. EF- 1.000 – 1.500<br />
Naauwpoort was an important railway junction with a number of railway employees in the Town<br />
Guard. Some 90 medals to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 54, LOT 557<br />
162. – Tpr. W. Woodhouse Nottingham Road R.A. EF- 2.800 – 3.600<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
163. – 4 Tpr. A. Alcock P. Elizabeth D.M.T. EF- 1.200 – 1.600<br />
The QSA medal rollnotes Alcock as being present at Van Staden’s and the Zuurberg operations with<br />
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Imperial Columns, also acting as escort on Imperial service. Sold with copied page from QSA medal<br />
roll. PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 57, LOT 44<br />
164. – 12 Sjt. H. Thomas Richmond T.G. VF- 1.000 – 1.400<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
165. – 60 Pte. W.J.N. Wood Somerset E.T.G. EF- 1.000 – 1.400<br />
Initial “N” re-impressed due to rather illegible handwriting. Sold with copied page from QSA medal<br />
roll. PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 51, LOT 103<br />
166. – Commander H.E. Bourchier R.N. EF 4.500 – 6.000<br />
Henry Bourchier (born March 1852) entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet aboard the Training Ship<br />
Britannia in May 1865 and was promoted to Lieutenant in in September 1874. In May 1883 he was<br />
allowed to accept a temporary post with the Chinese Government but returned to the Royal Navy in<br />
April 1885. He was again allowed to accept a temporary post with the Chinese Government in<br />
November 1885, remaining there till March 1895 when, on account of the war between China and<br />
Japan, he returned to the UK. Here he was placed on the “Retired List” with the rank of Commander<br />
after 30 years of service. After retirement he was again temporarily employed, initially with Indian<br />
Troop Service Transports, and finally on the Naval Transport Staff in Cape Town (September<br />
1899 – June 1900). He died in April 1918.<br />
Sold with copied pages from Fevyer & Wilson, confirming only 7 QSA medals to Cape Transport<br />
Staff as well as full service record from ADM 196/18.<br />
167. – 29 Tpr. C.W. Inglethorpe Stockenstroom D.M.C. EF- 1.200 – 1.600<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
168. – 225 Pte. F.W. Christmas Tembuland M.R.C. EF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
169. – 200 Tpr. W.F. Slater Uitenhage D.M.T. VF 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
170. – 47 Pte. J. Fagan Uitenhage T.G. VF+ 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
171. – Tpr. E. Oldfield Wilgefontein R.A. EF 3.000 – 4.000<br />
Wilgefontein is a locality, south of Plessislaer, on the road between Pietermaritzburg and Edendale.<br />
The Natal Rifle Associations, with special emphasis on the Wilgefontein R.A., are extensively dealt<br />
with in an article by Dr. J.A. Dunn, publ. in the MMSSA Journal No 50 (May 1988).<br />
18 <strong>Medal</strong>s to unit. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Ex F.K. Mitchell collection.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 56, LOT 424<br />
172. – 20 Tpr. H. Godfrey Winterburg M.R. VF 1.600 – 2.000<br />
Also served as Farrier. Cpl. in the Orange River Scouts. Sold with copied roll pages.<br />
One bar<br />
173. – CC 65 Gnr. J. Binedell Cape G.A. VF+ 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA roll.<br />
174. – SA’01 80 Tpr. L.A. Erasmus Farmer’s Gd. VF 2.800 – 3.600<br />
A renegade Free State Burgher who joined the British.<br />
The Farmer’s Guard (formerly known as the Burgher Police) was formed in November 1901 from<br />
surrendered burghers who had to enlist for a 3 month period at a pay of 5/- per day. They were<br />
responsible for the safety of surrendered burghers who were farming in the so-called “protected<br />
area” surrounding Bloemfontein. Sold with copied page from QSA roll.<br />
175. – RoL 132 Pte J. Poacher Natal R.R. VF 1.200 – 1.500<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
176. – CC 124 Pte H.J. Sutherland Vryburg T.G. VF 900 – 1.200<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
Two bars<br />
177. – CC, Wepener Tpr. R.M.D. Gorman Brabant’s Horse VF+ 5.000 – 6.500<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. PROVENANCE: C.H. LOOTS COLLECTION.<br />
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178. – CC, SA’02 2054 Pte G. Jordan C.T.Hdrs. EF- 900 – 1.200<br />
179. – Tvl, SA’01 90 Tpr. J.D. Lovatt Menne’s Scouts VF+ 1.800 – 2.400<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> roll states “SA 1902”. No “SA 1901”.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. SA’01 bar loose.<br />
180. – OFS, SA’02 4 Tp r A.E. Parkin O.R. Scouts VF+ 2.400 – 3.200<br />
Sold with copy of Attestation form.<br />
181. – OFS, Tvl. 2471 Tpr. A. Stanley S.A. Lt.Horse VF 1.200 – 1.600<br />
Also served in Commander in Chief’s Bodyguard. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll;<br />
8 photocopied pages of The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902.<br />
Three bars<br />
182. – TugH, RoL, Tvl VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
713 L.Cpl. R.O. de A. Edwardes Bethunes M.I.<br />
MiD LG 8 February 1901, p. 946 (as Edwards)<br />
Edwards Russell Oakley des Edwards, Cpl. No. 1038: Served previously as Lance Corporal No.<br />
713 in Bethune’s Mounted Infantry from 16 January 1900 until he was discharged medically unfit on<br />
19 July 1900. Enlisted in SH at Nomahasha on 20 August 1900. NOK: Henrietta Edwards, P.O. Box<br />
80, Durban. Discharged at his own request at Komati Poort on 20 October 1900 after only two<br />
months service. Qualified for the QSA medal with bars TugH, RoL, Tvl. Sold with copied pages<br />
from Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, Steinaecker’s Horse medal rolls and LG.<br />
183. – CC, Witte, Belf 7081 Tpr. C. Gilbey Brabant’s Horse EF 1.400 – 1.800<br />
Also served in Scott’s Railway Guards. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
184. – CC, OFS, Tvl VF- 1.400 – 1.800<br />
25552 Sjt. T. Dexter C in C Bdy.Gd.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Traces of brooch mounting on obv., re-suspendered.<br />
185. – OFS, SA’01, SA’02 EF- 1.600 – 2.200<br />
66 Tpr. C. Odell Harrismith Vol. L.H.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Clutch of 3 bars loose on ribbon.<br />
Four bars<br />
186. – CC, TugH, OFS, RoL EF- 4.000 – 5.500<br />
5515 Pte. A. Penfold 2 nd Rl: Fus:<br />
The QSA roll confirms that Pte. A. Penfold was KiA at Kroonstad on 24 July 1900 but he is listed in<br />
error as “HPinfold, died of wounds” in the S.A.F.F. Casualty Roll. He is buried in the North Road<br />
Cemetery in Kroonstad, is commemorated on the Royal Fusiliers Memorial in the Guild Hall,<br />
London. Sold with copied pages from QSA Roll, Casualty Roll and “In Memoriam”<br />
187. – RoM, TugH, RoL, Tvl VF 5.500 – 7.000<br />
2650 Pte. R. Taylor R. Welsh Fus:<br />
Approximately 210 British soldiers took part in the Relief of Ladysmith as well as the Relief of<br />
Mafeking. About half of them were members of Barton’s Fusilier Brigade that comprised 2 nd Royal<br />
Fusiliers (27 men), 2 nd Royal Irish Fusiliers (20 men), 1 st Royal Welch Fusiliers (1 officer and 25<br />
men) and the 2 nd Royal Scots Fusiliers (1 officer and 25 men). The other recipients of the double<br />
Relief barserved in the Imperial Light Horse. Sold with copied page from QSA Roll.<br />
Five bars<br />
188. – CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01, SA’02 W.B. Davies C.C.B.Gd. VF 1.200 – 1.600<br />
William Davies was a Civilian Clerk in the Army Pay Dept. but at some stage he attested as<br />
Trooper No. 22329 in “E” Squadron of the Commander-in-Chief’s Bodyguard, and his QSA was<br />
issued off the latter’s QSA roll, but without rank or regimental number! Worthy of further research<br />
to establish reasons for this naming anomaly. Officially re-impressed; a few r/k’s.<br />
Sold with copied pages from QSA Rolls and Nominal Roll of Bodyguard<br />
189. – CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’02, SA’02 VF 1.500 – 2.000<br />
17 Cpl W.J.A. Steytler Damants Horse<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll. Top 2 bars loose on ribbon.<br />
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Six bars<br />
190. – RoK, Paard, Drief, Jhb, DHill, Belf EF- 2.400 – 3.600<br />
5 Tpr. L. Bramley C. in C. Bdygd.<br />
Major Tyrie Laing raised the Commander-in-Chief’s Bodyguard in mid- January 1900. The initial<br />
strength was 100, all picked Colonials, but this increased later in the year to about 1.000 men.Lionel<br />
Bramley was one of the original members of the Bodyguard, as is evident from his single-digit<br />
regimental number. He served from 23 January to 24 June 1900, earning a QSA with the six battle<br />
bars representative of Lord Roberts’ advance to Pretoria.<br />
Sold with copied pages from QSA Rolls and Nominal Roll of Bodyguard.<br />
191. – CC, OFS, Joh, DiamH, SA’01, SA’02 EF+ 1.600 – 2.200<br />
318 Serjt. W.J. Hill Kitchener’s .F.S.<br />
Hill also served 1n the Pietersburg Light Horse. Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
Queen’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (QSA) & King’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (KSA)<br />
Pairs<br />
192. – QSA bar: CC 1509 Sjt. C.P. Brent.Sen. Nesbitt’s Horse; EF- 2.200 – 3.000<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 Serjt. C.P. Brent. Sen. Nesbitt’s H.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA and KSA medal rolls.<br />
193. – QSA 3 bars: DoL, Tvl, LaingsN EF- 3.600 – 4.500<br />
324 Tpr. C. Gottschalk Border M.R.; KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02<br />
133 Tpr.C.GottschalkNatal Vol. Comp. Regt.<br />
Trooper Gottschalk was severely wounded near Dundee on 28 June 1901. Sold with copied page<br />
from QSA medal roll and extract from S.A.F.F. Casualty roll. Regimental number corrected on KSA.<br />
Ex Lewis Lewis collection 1977. PROVENANCE: CITY COINS MEDAL AUCTION 59, LOT 143<br />
194. – 1138 QSA 6 bars: CC, TugH, OFS, RoL, Tvl, LaingsN VF+ 3.500 – 4.500<br />
1138 Tpr. E. Pietersen S.A.Lt.Horse;<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 1138 Tpr. E. Pietersen S.A.L.H.<br />
Pietersen most probably fought at Spion Kop (Natal) and subsequently in each of the other<br />
3 provinces. His QSA is a 1 st reverse with excellent “ghost dates”: veryrare to a local South African<br />
recipient. Naming on QSA officially re-impressed as can be expected.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA and KSA medal rolls.<br />
PROVENANCE: CITY COINS MEDAL AUCTION 57, LOT 188 ex C.H. LOOTSCOLLECTION.<br />
195. –QSA 5 bars: DoL, Tvl, LaingsN, CC, OFS VF+ 3.200 – 4.000<br />
289 Corpl. J.D. Pollock Border M.R.;<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02 Capt. J.C. Pollock Imp. L.H.<br />
Pollock was subsequently commissioned in 2 nd ILH and MiD, LG 29 July 1902, p. 4855<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll and LG. KSA medal re-suspendered.<br />
Union <strong>Medal</strong> 1910<br />
196. –unnamed as issued<br />
EF 7.000 – 10.000<br />
with original Certificate of Issue to I.S. Ferreira Esq.<br />
Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira had Boer War service as Military Secretary to Assistant Comdt.<br />
General de la Rey and claimed that he often acted in that rank when General de la Rey was absent.<br />
He was awarded a DTD and ABO in the rank of Major. He was the Member for Bloemhof in the last<br />
Transvaal Legislative Assembly and received the Union <strong>Medal</strong> 1910 in that capacity.<br />
Sold with original Certificate for Union <strong>Medal</strong>; copies of Vorm “A” (DTD) and Vorm “B” (ABO)<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
197. – QSA bar: Rhod: Tpr. F.G. Elliott; VF+ 2.400 – 3.600<br />
Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1902 (Edw.VII) (bronze): unnamed as issued<br />
The QSA is a 1 st reverse (rare to Colonial units), issued off the Rhodesian Coronation Contingent<br />
Roll, but without Elliott’s number or unit. This is in accordance with the information supplied on<br />
both the QSA and Nominal Rolls for the Contingent, but is highly unusual! It would also seem that<br />
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Elliott’s QSA was only issued by the War Office 3 months after those of the Coronation Contingent.<br />
Sold with copied pages from QSA Rolls and Nominal Roll of Rhodesian Coronation Contingent.<br />
198. – QSA 4 bars: CC, Tvl, SA’01, SA’02 VF+ 4.500 – 6.000<br />
28703 Pte. G. Gunnell 51 st Coy. Imp: Yeo:;<br />
Incorporated Law Society Tribute <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed as issued<br />
Gerard Gunnell, a Solicitor, attested in the Imperial Yeomanry (Pagets Horse) in February 1901<br />
and was discharged in the UK in August 1902. He attended the banquet given on 18 December 1902<br />
by the Incorporated Law Society to Solicitors and Articled Clerks who had volunteered for service in<br />
the Boer War and received the Society’s Tribute <strong>Medal</strong>.<br />
In April 1907 he began to practice on his own account with £600 borrowed money. Early in 1908 he<br />
left for Kimberley, South Africa, and only resumed his practice in England in July 1909. By August<br />
1910, when he was declared bankrupt, he owed more than £2.500. This was stated by him as due to<br />
gambling losses, heavy interest on debt and living way above his means.<br />
In July 1914 he was sentenced to 18 months hard labour for obtaining money by false pretences. At<br />
the trial it came out that he opened a cheque account in February 1914 and then toured the country,<br />
tendering fraudulent cheques and receiving goods in exchange. This was stated to have happened in<br />
68 principal towns throughout the country. He was struck off the Roll of Solicitors in October 1914.<br />
Sold with Law Society letter, court proceedings transcript; copied pages QSA Rolls; service papers.<br />
199. – QSA 4 bars CC, OFS, Tvl, SA’01 EF- 3.400 – 4.200<br />
27970 Pte. E. Hodkinson 32 nd Coy. Imp:Yeo:; Imperial Yeomanry Tribute <strong>Medal</strong>,<br />
3/1901-1902: 27970 E. Hodgkinson (note different spelling).<br />
Edwin Hodgkinson, a 20 year old miner, enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry at Doncaster on<br />
16 February 1901 and was discharged in the UK on 31 December 1901.<br />
Sold with copies of QSA roll pages and service papers.<br />
200. – QSA no bar 24 Pte A.J. McIntyre Kokstad T.G.; VF+ 1.200 – 1.600<br />
BWM Spr. A. McIntyre M.T.C.<br />
Sold with copied page from QSA medal roll.<br />
201. – QSA bar: Tvl Agent or Guide C.J. Morgan, F.I.D.; EF- 2.400 – 3.600<br />
KSA 2 bars: SA’01, SA’02: Guide C.J. Morgan. F.I.D.<br />
File WO 108/178 in the British National Archives contains a list of recommendations from the Field<br />
Intelligence Department, dated 12 June 1902 and a large proportion of the 47 men noted were<br />
subsequently MiD or were awarded a DCM. It also contains an additional list of 66 Guides, put<br />
forward but not proposed for an award: Morgan was one of these. Some 1.200 QSAs, named to the<br />
FID, were awarded and 205 of these had a matching KSA also named to the FID.<br />
For a wealth of information on the FID, see Field Intelligence Department, 1899 – 1902: Honours<br />
and Awards & Casualties & <strong>Medal</strong> Rolls by David Buxton.<br />
Sold with copied pages from QSA Rolls and relevant page from Buxton.<br />
202. – QSA 2 Tpr. G.C. Willey Christiana D.M.R.; EF- 5.600 – 7.200<br />
SAGS <strong>Medal</strong> (Edw.VII) bar: Somaliland 1902-04: 49 Corpl. G.C. Willey. Som: Bur: C.<br />
George Cole Willey’s Boer War service was with the Christiana District Mounted Rifles and his<br />
name is annotated in the Remarks Column of the QSA roll as “Telegraph Guard”.<br />
In January 1903 Willey attested in the Somaliland Burgher Contingent, the first expeditionary<br />
force to leave the shores of Southern Africa. The total strength was 109 All Ranks and they were<br />
raised to serve in Somaliland against the forces of the “Mad Mullah”. The Contingent sailed from<br />
Durban on 16 January 1903 in the Gaul, returning to South Africa six months later on board the<br />
Nerbudda, which docked in Durban on 13 July 1903.<br />
A 16-page article by Don Forsyth, published in the MMSSA Journal No. 17 Vol. I (Nov 1980),<br />
contains a wealth of data on the members of the unit.<br />
Sold with an original photograph of Willey; copies of both medal roll pages and Forsyth article.<br />
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Memorial Plaques<br />
203. – S/21959 Rifleman F.W. Harry 16 th Batt.Rifle Brig. EF 900 – 1.200<br />
Frederick Walter Harry Date of death 10 November 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial.<br />
Entitled to BWM; AVM. Sold with original death scroll.<br />
Sold with original scroll to: “Rifleman Frederick Walter Harry, Rifle Brigade”.<br />
204. – 1353 Pvt. A.F. Holland 1 st Bn. Manchester Regt. EF 600 – 800<br />
Albert Frederick Holland Date of death 28 November 1917. Le Touret Memorial.<br />
Entitled to 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM Sold with CWGC documents.<br />
205. – 2042 Pvt. A.H. Campion 4 th S.A.I. EF 700 – 900<br />
Alan Hains Campion KiA 9 May 1917.Arras Memorial. Entitled to 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM<br />
Sold with copy of service card; CWGC documents.<br />
206. – 35007 Lieut. J.M. Versfeld 4 th S.A.H. EF 650 – 850<br />
Joshua Metcalfe Versfeld Date of death 20 May 1916. Das Es Salaam Cemetery.<br />
Entitled to BWM; AVM. Sold with copy of service card; CWGC documents.<br />
Pair<br />
207. – BWM 2 nd C/W J. Scott 4th S.A.I.; EF 750 – 950<br />
Memorial Plaque John Scott<br />
Also entitled to: AVM. John Scott. Date of death 11 April 1918.<br />
Sold with service and CWGC documents..<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
208. – QSA bar CC 4972 P te A. Worsfold 2:Rl.Berks:Reg t ; EF 3.800 – 5.000<br />
Princess of Wales Private Military Hospital <strong>Medal</strong> 1900 HH:60 (bronze, diam.57.4 mm)<br />
Edge crudely engraved: “Pte. A.G. Worsfold” (inverted) and “2 nd Royal Berkshire Regt.” (upright).<br />
PROVENANCE: DNW AUCTION 13 SEPTEMBER 2012. Sold for £600.<br />
WORLD WAR I<br />
Singles<br />
British War <strong>Medal</strong> (BWM)<br />
209. – Sgt A. Adriaanse Cape Corps VF 110 – 140<br />
1194 Sgt Adriaan Adriaanse, No. 19 Platoon, 2 nd Draft Reinforcements, Cape Corps embarked<br />
Cape Town on 8.4.1916 per S.S. Professor for Kilindini and returned 2.12.16.<br />
Sold with three pages of research. E/ks and contact marks.<br />
210. – Mjr. F.T. Bresler EF- 250 - 400<br />
Bresler had Boer War service (unit unknown) and was awarded a Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1911 as Trooper<br />
in the Southern Mounted Rifles. He was awarded an MC while serving as a Lieutenant in Botha’s<br />
Hogeveld Ruiters in German S.W.A. with the following citation :<br />
“A strong and unwavering Officer in action who could be thoroughly trusted to carry out his<br />
orders to the letter on detached work. Eminently suitable for recognition.”<br />
Sold with copied service cards; PF File and MC recommendation.<br />
211. – V.J. Godfrey S.A.M.R. VF 80 – 120<br />
It appears that the “R” is overstamped on “C” of S.A.M.R.<br />
212. – Pte. A.C.H. Mathew C.P.G. Rgt. EF 120 - 150<br />
Cape Peninsula Garrison Regiment served as a Home Guard unit and qualified for BWM only.<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
213. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) A/Sjt. F.A. Austin 4 th S.A.H. VF 450 – 650<br />
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214. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Pte. L.J. Durant 3 rd S.A.I. EF- 900 – 1.500<br />
Lucas Durant attested in the 1 st SA Infantry Brigade late in March 1917 and joined the 3 rd S.A.I. in<br />
the field on 2 August 1917. On 14 October 1917 he was severely wounded in a mustard gas shell<br />
attack and spent the next 8 weeks recuperating in various hospitals. After transfer to the 1 st S.A.I. in<br />
February 1918, he was severely wounded in the right leg on 24 March 1918 at Marrières Wood and<br />
taken prisoner by the Germans. Durant was initially reported as missing, believed killed, and his<br />
mother was informed accordingly on 20 April 1918. Eventually, word was received in November<br />
1918, through the Geneva Red Cross, that he had died of wounds in German hands, 5 days after he<br />
was taken prisoner. Sold with copied pages from service cards, service file and medical file.<br />
215. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Gnr. F.W. Golightly S.A.H.A. EF 1.400 – 2.200<br />
Frederick Golightly was a brilliant Rhodes Scholar from Stellenbosch Boys’ High School (now<br />
Paul Roos Gymnasium) and an Oxford B.A. graduate (Worcester College). He was appointed<br />
Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the Victoria College (now University of Stellenbosch) in 1914.<br />
In a December 1914 letter to one of his tutors at Oxford he mentioned that he was trying to get a<br />
commission in an “Artillery Regiment”, but he eventually attested as a Gunner in the S.A. Heavy<br />
Artillery in August 1915. He was KiA on 21July 1916 near Thiepval while serving with the 72 nd<br />
Siege Bty, S.A.H.A., and is buried in Authuile Military Cemetery (5 km north of Albert).<br />
Sold with original boxes of issue for the medals; copied pages from service cards and service file;<br />
calendars of the Boys’ High School and Victoria College and pre-war photos of Golightly as well as<br />
a photo of his original grave with wooden cross.<br />
216. – BWM; Mercantile Marine War <strong>Medal</strong> G.R. Johnstone EF- 1.000 – 1.600<br />
Mercantile Marine <strong>Medal</strong>s, issued by the South African authorities, were impressed with initials<br />
only, and not as with UK issues, with one full name of the recipient. George Johnstone served in the<br />
Merchant Navy between 24 August 1914 and 17 September 1915, but it is not known on what ships<br />
he served or what his rank was. Sold with copy of S.A.D.F. WWI service card.<br />
Trios<br />
217. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) EF- 900 – 1.400<br />
Gnr. E. Ferreira S.A.M.R.- F.A.B.<br />
Ferreira was one of the gunners who was taken POW after the heroic South African stand at<br />
Sandfontein on 26 September 1914 and released in the 1 st week of July 1915. He subsequently<br />
served in No. 5 Permanent Mountain Battery in East Africa, and died of Influenza and Pneumonia in<br />
October 1918. He is buried in the Military Cemetery, Roberts Heights (Grave 434).<br />
Sold with copied service cards.<br />
218. – 1914-15 Star: Burg. C.A. Holthauzen VF+ 400 – 600<br />
Pietersburg Kdo.; BWM; AVM (Bil.) Burg. C.A. Holzhauzen Pietersbg Kdo.<br />
Holtzhausen’s only service was in German S.W.A. April-July 1915. Sold with copied service card.<br />
219. – 1914-15 Star; Pte. J.A. Leishman 2 nd S.A.H.; VF 450 - 700<br />
BWM Cpl. J.A. Leishman S.A.H.A.; AVM (Bil.) Gnr. J.A. Leishman S.A.H.A.<br />
James Leishman attested in the 2 nd SA Horse on 20 December 1915 and reached the East African<br />
Theatre before 31 December 1915 to qualify for a 1914-15 Star. He subsequently served in the S.A.<br />
Heavy Artillery (542 nd SA Siege Battery) in France and Flanders. Sold with copied service cards.<br />
220. – 1914-15 Star; Pte. G S Rogers 11 th Infantry; EF- 1.200 – 1.800<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Lieut. G.S. Rogers. R.A.F.<br />
George Rogers served in “A” Company, 11 th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) for the duration of the<br />
German S.W.A. campaign. He then attested in the Royal Flying Corps, qualified as 2 nd Lieutenant<br />
and on 30 August 1917 he was appointed Balloon Officer, serving with No. 7 Balloon Company. He<br />
was later transferred to No. 11 Balloon Company. He must have met with some serious mishap in<br />
September 1918 (balloon shot down), because he was admitted to No. 14 General Hospital in<br />
France on 11 September, invalided to England on 17 September and declared unfit (any duty) for 4<br />
months on 20 September 1918. Sold with copied service cards and R.A.F. cards.<br />
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221. – 1914-15 Star; AVM (Bil.) Pte. D.S. van Dyk VF+ 1.400 – 2.000<br />
Waterberg Cdo.; BWM Const. D.S. van Dyk 1 st M.C.; WM with bronze US oak leaf<br />
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cluster emblem; ASM with bronze Protea Commendation emblem 240801 D.S. van Dyk<br />
David van Dyk’s WWI initial service in South West Africa was with the Waterberg Commando. In<br />
January 1916 he enlisted in the 1 st Military Constabulary, serving till September 1918.<br />
During WWII Capt. Van Dyk served (Union only) at 15 Air Depot, S.A.A.F.<br />
The late Don Forsyth, in his King’s Commendation Roll indicated that Van Dyk was awarded the<br />
Commendation twice and said that was the reason for the additional emblem on the War <strong>Medal</strong><br />
ribbon. Van Dyk himself had a similar claim for two “Proteas” on his D.D.874 medal application<br />
form. However, his service card is endorsed “Comm. Card (SAAF) 26/10/1943” and “Mil. Comm.<br />
12/06/1946”. Sold with copied service cards, service file and two Commendation citations.<br />
WORLD WAR II<br />
Groups<br />
Four<br />
222. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM EF 350 – 500<br />
62024 G.J. De La Rey See LOT 103.<br />
Sold with skimmed, dismounted BWM; 1 Victory Celebration <strong>Medal</strong>lion 8 June 1946.<br />
223. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 600 – 1.000<br />
WM; ASM; 205752 S.L. Handley<br />
Stephen John Handley, Lieutenant Observer with the S.A.A.F. from Eshowe, Zululand attested<br />
with the S.A.A.F. on 2.1.41. After his initial training as an Observer he was reported missing and<br />
believed POW shortly after embarking in Madagascar, which apparently was not the case. He flew<br />
operational flights with 21 Sqn. S.A.A.F. and on 18.8.43 during an operational flight the Luqa<br />
landing ground in Malta the pilot, Lt. Simpson, called in without giving his call sign or aircraft<br />
number that “we are landing immediately.” Operational records describe the event as such:<br />
“The runway was cleared and all concerned were warned for a possible crash landing. At 01.30<br />
hrs. a Baltimore flew across the landing ground at about 1.500 feet, it passed directly over the<br />
flare path and both engines seemed to be functionally normally. At the same time the following<br />
message to “Jetsum” (Control call sign), was received, “Talcum X for X ray, (call sign of Lt.<br />
Simpson’s aircraft). We are landing immediately, in trouble”. A reply was sent: “Come right in”.<br />
This message was not acknowledged by the aircraft. However a Green Verey Light was fired off to<br />
let the pilot know that everything was in order for him to land.<br />
The aircraft turned on a left-hand circuit and began to lose height gradually. As it turned in on<br />
the landing approach, suddenly, whilst in the turn, it was seen to roll completely around the fore<br />
and aft axis, four or five times, crashing into the ground and burst into flames. The crew, i.e.<br />
Lieut. Simpson, Lt Handley, F/Sgt Roberts and Shepperson were killed.”<br />
Handley is listed on the CWGC website as being buried in the Malta Naval Cemetery with a date of<br />
death. Previous operational flights are available in Squadron records.<br />
A group worthy of additional research. Also entitled to the Italy Star and North Africa 1942-43 bar.<br />
224. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 500 – 700<br />
WM; ASM 88342 A.V. Massey<br />
Anzac Victory Massey served as a Private with “B” Company, 1 st South African Irish on 7.7.1940.<br />
Sold with WWII era S.A. Irish cap badge with "A M" carved onto the slide bar of the rev. the badge.<br />
225. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 450 – 700<br />
WM; ASM 1414 J. Redshaw<br />
John Redshaw a farmer from Creighton, Natal, attested with “B” Company, 1 st Battalion, Natal<br />
Mounted Rifles on 9.6.1940. Served with N.M.R. in E.A.; proceeded to North Africa on 19.7.1941.<br />
Transferred to 1 st Anti-Tank Regt, S.A.A. on 1.8.1941; remained with unit throughout North African<br />
Campaign. Returned on 4.1.1943 to the Union. He was later found “medically unfit” for further<br />
service. Honourable Discharge on 9.12.1943. Sold with copies of service card and file.<br />
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226. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 500 – 700<br />
WM; ASM; 90333 R.H. Wright<br />
Robert Henry Wright, a chemist from Durban, who served in the reserves with the N.M.R. attested<br />
as a Gunner with the 11 th Battery, 4 th Light Brigade, South African Artillery on 17.6.1940. He<br />
embarked on the S.S. Isle de France from Durban on 9.6.1941. Upon his arrival at Suez he was<br />
posted to “B” Battery, 2 nd Anti-Tank Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of T/Sgt with pay and<br />
allowance on 1.4.1942. During the debacle at Tobruk on 20.6.1942 he was captured and served the<br />
remainder of the war as a Prisoner. He was eventually released in the UK on 24.4.1945 and<br />
discharged in the Union three months later. Records indicated Wright was in Stalag 357 in<br />
Kopernikus which was located in “Wehrkreis” (Military District) XX of Danzig, Poland. Additional<br />
research could reveal some very interesting history on this man during his POW days. Men of Stalag<br />
357 in Kopernikus endured considerable hardship in the last weeks of the war with multiple forced<br />
marches. Sold with copies of service card and file.<br />
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227. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 500 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 70897 G.R. Elsdon<br />
George Robert Elsdon, a Railway Fireman Cleaner from East London, initially served with the<br />
S.S.B. from 1935-38 and then with the 1 st <strong>City</strong> Regt in Queenstown for five months. On 5.2.1940 he<br />
was lent from the R.N.V.R. to the Seaward Defence Force from East London. He served in various<br />
S.A. based detachments until July 1942 when he posted to HMS Nile (Special Service) from 4 July<br />
1924 to 23 August 1944 when he returned to South Africa to serve out the remainder of the war.<br />
He was discharged on 3.10.45 at the rank of L/Smn.<br />
228. –1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; WM; ASM VF 350 – 550<br />
585418 J.A. Taljaard<br />
Jan Andries Taljaard born 17 January 1926 at Standerton. Attested for posting in the A.C.F. on<br />
15 July 1943. He was posted to the S.A. Naval Base at Cape Town as an Ordinary Seaman; on 19 July<br />
1943 to East London and Durban and then posted for Special Service from 18 July 1944 to 21 February<br />
1946. 585418 J.A. Taljaard A/B is on theoriginal nominal roll for HMSAS Salvestor received from<br />
Lieut. J.C. Clover. She was a King Salvor Class salvage vessel commissioned at Naples on 31 August<br />
1944 by Lieut-Commander T.F. O’Brien SANF (who had previously been in command of Gamtoos)<br />
with a complete ship’s company sent to Naples by air from the Union, some of whom replaced<br />
personnel in the Gamtoos who had been transferred to Salvestor to provide a core of personnel<br />
experienced in salvage operations. After the end of hostilities in Europe Salvestor was fitted out for<br />
tropical service at Alexandria from where she sailed via Durban to join the British Eastern Fleet. After<br />
VJ day her S.A.N.F. crew were gradually replaced by R.N. personnel. He was discharged on 1 April<br />
1946. Sold with copy of WWII service file only. The WM and ASM have had the original service<br />
number neatly skimmed and the 585418 has been neatly replaced.<br />
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229. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: North Africa 1942-43; EF 600 – 800<br />
Italy Star; DM; WM; ASM 208401 J.C. Watson<br />
Joseph Christopher Watson, a glass fitter with the Ford Motor Company in Port Elizabeth attested<br />
into the S.A.A.F. on 2.2.1941. His operational service was with 21 Sqn. S.A.A.F. from 25.11.1941 to<br />
31.7.1943 in North Africa; with 44 Sqn. S.A.A.F. from 13.12.1944 to 24.10.1945 in Italy. He was<br />
discharged 6.1.1946. North Africa 1942-43 bar missing. Sold with original medal shipping envelope.<br />
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230. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF- 2.400 – 3.200<br />
WM; ASM 100414 J.V. Hamilton; S.A. Memorial Plaque: Killed in Action<br />
100414 W.O.1 J.V. Hamilton S.A.A.F.; Replica brooch No. 9070<br />
James Vivian Hamilton, a SACS old boy, enlisted in the S.A.A.F. in November 1940 at the age of<br />
16. After a posting as Wireless Operator to No. 71 Air School, he landed with 20 Squadron near<br />
Diego Suarez on 13 May 1942. Here he was the Air Gunner in a Bristol Beaufort, forming part of<br />
“Sugarcane Wing”, which supplied air support for the occupation of Madagascar. Further stations<br />
were in E.A. (Gilgil, Kenya) and M.E. (Cairo) till 3 June 1943 when he was posted to 24 Squadron,<br />
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S.A.A.F. for service over the Mediterranean. On 7 May 1944 he acted as Wireless Operator/Air<br />
Gunner in a B-26 Marauder, piloted by Lt. D Brooksbank, which took off from Gambut (near<br />
Tobruk) for a night bombing attack on Maleme Airfield, Crete. The other 7 Marauders in the flight<br />
returned safely but Brooksbank’s plane crashed. The crew of 6 were buried by villagers. Sold with<br />
SACS blazer badge; original photos incl. one of grave; personalised silk 24 Squadron scarf; service<br />
cap, SAAF wallet; Air Gunner badges; copies 24 Sqd. Ops. Report 7.5.1944; service cards; file.<br />
LONG SERVICE AND MERITORIOUS MEDALS<br />
Singles<br />
231. – Efficiency Decoration (Geo. VI) Lt/Kol. A.P. Roux V.S.V. VF 2.000 – 3.500<br />
Anthonie Petrus Roux from Mowbray, Cape Province served as a Burger in the 12 th Infantry<br />
(Pretoria Regiment) during the S.W.A. campaign in the Great War from 19.8.14-19.8.15. During the<br />
Inter-War years he served with the Lydenberg Commando as a Captain (29.10.1925), Major<br />
(9.4.1930) and Luit. Kol. (16.11.1933). He was appointed a Lt. Col., Reserve of Officers on<br />
28.10.1940. His Efficiency Decoration was approved on 23.3.1945.<br />
Entitled to 1914-15 Star, BWM, AVM (Bil.) Pte A.P. Roux, 12 th Inf. Pretoria Regt.<br />
South Africa Police Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (1923)<br />
232. – SAP Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (Type 3)<br />
EF 350 – 500<br />
11575 (F) Sergeant Gilson. T.P.H.<br />
Tom Percy Hildebrand Gilson from Wynberg, Cape Province attested on 8.2.1925 in Pretoria and<br />
served in a number of assignments including both mounted duty and foot branches. He attested as<br />
S/Sgt with the 2 nd Bttn. S.A.P. Brigade 25.6.1940. Shortly thereafter while mounting a horse, Gilson<br />
fractured his leg. Was found “medically unfit” and discharged. He continued his civilian police<br />
duties and on 26.7.1943 he was awarded his Police Good Service <strong>Medal</strong>. On 1.12.45 he attained the<br />
rank of H/Const. His police records indicate he retired on 11.3.55 and the cause was Death.<br />
Groups<br />
Trios<br />
233. – WM; ASM 235057 Sgt F.T. Richards; EF 600 – 800<br />
Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo.VI) Sgt. F.T. Richards S.A.A.F.<br />
Frederick Thomas Richards attested in June 1940 for service with the S.A.A.F. after service of six<br />
and a half years with the S.A.M.C. His trade was that of an electrician and instrument maker<br />
(aircraft). He served primarily within the Union throughout the war except from August to December<br />
1945 when he was in Italy. This period did not qualify him for the campaign star or the 1939-45 Star.<br />
He was awarded his Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> on 17.4.1945 and discharged on 26.1.1946.<br />
These medals consist of his full war service entitlement.<br />
DAMAGED MEDALS AND INCOMPLETE GROUPS<br />
234. Single – Distinguished Conduct <strong>Medal</strong> (DCM) VF- 600 – 1.000<br />
13598 Tpr. J.H. Richards 73 rd C oy 19 th Imp.Yeo<br />
Richards was entitled to a QSA bars: CC, Tvl, SA’01. He was not MiD for any Boer War service and<br />
this must have been a self-awarded decoration for some imagined or unrecognised deed. Renamed.<br />
235. Single – QSA 4 bars: CC, Wepener, Witte, Belf F 3.200 – 4.000<br />
696 Tpr: G. Scott Brabant’s Horse<br />
Scott’s QSA issued off roll of 2 nd Brabant’s Horse. He also served in the 2 nd Imperial Light Horse<br />
Corps and Driscoll’s Scouts. Sold with copy page from 2/BH medal roll. Initial “G” skimmed and reengraved.<br />
E/ks, rim squeezed at 12 o’clock and re-suspendered.<br />
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Badge<br />
236. – Lapel badge of the Secret Police of the ZAR: No. 7 VF 2.500 – 4.000<br />
(silver) with red/white/green/blue enamels. A circular badge with brooch fitment on reverse.<br />
The outer obv: inscription reads: GEHEIME POLITIE Z.A.R. + 7 + and depicted in the<br />
centre is: the Arms and Motto of the ZAR. Believed to be the first example of this badge at auction<br />
since the Spink Boer War Sale in October 1999. Exceedingly rare.<br />
SWEETHEART BROOCHES<br />
237. –R.F.C. blue enamel/crown red enamel. silver EF 180 – 250<br />
238. –C Battery N.F.A. Natal enamel worn. F 150 – 200<br />
239. –T.S.C. / T.D.K wheel with bomb silver VF 85 – 120<br />
240. –S.A.C. Signals/ S.A. Sein Korps blue/red enamel silver VF 95 – 150<br />
241. –Chaplains badge on brooch, white/blue/red enamel. silver EF 75 – 100<br />
242. –S.A. Medical Corps / S.A. Afrikaanse Geneeskundige EF 95 – 150<br />
sterling<br />
243. –S.A.M.N.S. / S.A.M.V.D EF 110 – 180<br />
circular, with pierced central springbok head, (S.A. mint silver hallmarks)<br />
244. –Cape Town Highlanders blue/red enamel; silver EF 120 – 180<br />
245. –Kimberley Regiment blue enamel VF 100 – 160<br />
246. –D.L.I. (Durban Light Infantry) blue/red enamel sterling EF 120 – 180<br />
247. –N.C. (Natal Carbineers) VF 150 – 200<br />
intertwined NC surmounted by Victorian Crown scroll engraved Pro Patria.<br />
248. –Die Middellandse Regiment silver gilt EF 95 – 120<br />
249. –Die Middellandse Regiment<br />
EF 95 – 120<br />
with green wreath and blue scroll<br />
silver gilt<br />
250. –Regiment de la Rey, Ons Waarsku<br />
EF 95 – 120<br />
on blue wreath on brooch bar<br />
sterling silver<br />
251. –Pretoria Regiment Princess Alice’s Own<br />
VF 90 – 110<br />
on blue wreath with Impala.<br />
silver<br />
252. –Rhodesia Regiment blue/red enamel EF 90 – 110<br />
253. –Rhodesia Light Infantry with Kings’ crown sterling EF 100 – 150<br />
254. –Northern Rhod. Police on blue enamel scroll rest silver gilt EF 120 – 180<br />
255. –B.S.A.P. Circular embossed on brooch bar. EF 90 – 120<br />
256. –Ubique (Artillery) South Africa on blue enamel silver EF 85 – 120<br />
scroll, Kings crown with red enamel, gun carriage wheel a second part to badge all on brooch.<br />
257. –Union is Strength / Eendracht Maakt Macht<br />
EF 120 – 180<br />
“Goat in the hole” badge. blue enamel<br />
silver<br />
258. –1 st South African Infantry with Springbok head. silver EF 100 – 150<br />
259. –S.A.T.C. / S.A.T.K. tank badge on brooch bar silver EF 100 – 150<br />
260. –S.A.A.C / S.A.P.M. blue/green enamel worn in places silver VF 100 – 150<br />
261. –S.A. Signals/S.A. Sein Korps<br />
VF 85 – 100<br />
blue/red enamel on brooch bar.<br />
262. – S.A. Engineers blue and red enamels on brooch bar silver EF 95 – 110<br />
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263. – S.A. Engineers<br />
EF 90 – 100<br />
blue/red enamels on brooch bar<br />
silver<br />
264. – S.A. Engineers<br />
EF 70 – 90<br />
blue/red enamels on brooch bar<br />
silver<br />
265. – S.A. Engineers<br />
EF 85 – 100<br />
blue/red enamels on brooch bar<br />
silver<br />
266. – Transvaal Medical Staff Corps EF 200 – 250<br />
blue/red enamel. Made by Heydenrych Johannesburg. silver<br />
Privately engr. on rev: “Zululand from Pt. Hollow”.<br />
267. – Ubique S.A. Artillery EF 100 – 150<br />
on blue enamel scroll, Kings Crown with red enamel silver<br />
268. – Ubique S.A. Artillery on brooch bar silver gilt EF 100 – 150<br />
269. – R. & H.B.pin back silver EF 90 – 120<br />
270. – R. & H.B.on brooch bar silver EF 90 – 120<br />
271. – Union is Strength / Eendracht Maakt Macht<br />
VF 90 – 100<br />
on blue enamel.<br />
silver<br />
272. – Union is Strength / Eendracht Maakt Macht<br />
VF 80 – 90<br />
on blue enamel.<br />
silver<br />
273. – S.A.C. Signals / S.A. Sein Korps<br />
EF 90 – 100<br />
blue/red enamel<br />
silver<br />
274. – S.A.O.C. green/blue enamels on brooch bar. silver EF 80 – 100<br />
275. – Natal Field Artillery on brooch bar EF 100 – 150<br />
276. – Rand Light Infantry red/blue enamel on brooch bar EF 100 – 150<br />
277. – Natal Mounted Rifles blue enamel on brooch bar EF 120 – 180<br />
278. – Kaffrarian Rifles red/blue enamel on brooch bar EF 120 – 180<br />
279. – Witwatersrand Rifles red/blue enamel on brooch bar EF 90 – 120<br />
280. – Cape Town Highlanders with pin back EF 75 – 100<br />
281. – Durban Light Infantry red/blue enamel with pin back EF 120 – 150<br />
282. – Royal Durban Light Infantry on brooch bar EF 120 – 150<br />
283. – Kimberley Regiment on brooch bar silver EF 100 – 150<br />
284. – S.A.A.F. red/blue enamels on brooch bar EF 95 – 120<br />
285. – Pretoria Highlanders 1 st Battalion on brooch bar silver EF 120 – 180<br />
286. – Nyasaland Police on brooch bar EF 120 – 180<br />
287. – Kenya Regiment T.F. on brooch bar EF 110 – 150<br />
288. – R.N.V.R. South Africa on brooch bar silver EF 90 – 120<br />
289. – S.A.D.F. Castle with Springbok headon brooch bar silver EF 75 – 100<br />
290. – South Africa Union badge<br />
EF 95 – 120<br />
enamels with pin back<br />
silver<br />
291. – South Africa Union badge broken pin back VF 60 – 80<br />
292. – South Africa Irish Regiment on brooch bar silver EF 100 – 150<br />
293. – Z.A.R. badge<br />
EF 190 – 200<br />
green enamelled with white/red/blue enamel<br />
silver<br />
294. – S.A. Instructional Corps Crowned Union badge EF 90 – 120<br />
pin back<br />
silver<br />
295. – Pass the AmmunitionWWII pin back badge silver EF 40 – 60<br />
296. – Bomb badge pin back silver EF 35 – 50<br />
297. – African Rifles badge with two lugs for slide pin silver EF 120 – 180<br />
298. – Transvaal Scottish<br />
with blue enamel on brooch bar<br />
silver<br />
VF 100 – 120<br />
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299. – <strong>City</strong> of London Imperial Volunteers <strong>Medal</strong> EF- 2.800 – 3.600<br />
HH: 178 (bronze, diam. 76.4 mm) Sold with damaged fitted case of issue.<br />
300. – Borough of Stafford Tribute <strong>Medal</strong> 1901 EF 4.000 – 5.500<br />
Hibbard A23/HH: 796 (silver, diam. 38.7 mm,) plain edge<br />
Edge impressed:“Corp l H.A. Trubshaw F.C o 2 nd V.B. N th Staffs:Reg t<br />
PROVENANCE: DNW <strong>Auction</strong> 13 September 2012 sold for £900.<br />
Sold with fitted case of issue from Mummery & Son, Stafford.<br />
301. – Worksop Tribute <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed EF- 2.800 – 3.600<br />
Hibbard A29/HH: 810 (silver, diam. 28.4 mm) No ribbon<br />
302. – Toronto Tribute <strong>Medal</strong> EF 5.000 – 7.000<br />
Hibbard H1/HH: 872 (silver, diam. 34.5 mm)<br />
Edge engraved: “Pte. Chas. E. Lewis”. The ribbon is the original issue and not the QSA ribbon<br />
shown in the references. Sold with copied documents from the Canadian Archives showing that Chas<br />
E. Lewis served with the Royal Canadian Regiment (2 nd Special Services Battalion).<br />
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PAGE<br />
OBITUARY ....................................................................................................... 91<br />
LOTS<br />
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS ................................................................... 303 - 309<br />
CAMPAIGN MEDALS .................................................................................... 310 – 325<br />
WORLD WAR I ................................................................................................ 326 – 400<br />
WORLD WAR II .............................................................................................. 401 – 539<br />
FAMILY MEDALS........................................................................................... 540 – 553<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS ..................................... 554 – 572<br />
CORONATION AND JUBILEE MEDALS.................................................... 573 – 574<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE,<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE, CORRECTIONAL SERVICE MEDALS...........<br />
575 – 601<br />
MINIATURES ......................................................................................................... 602 – 605<br />
DAMAGED MEDALS AND INCOMPLETE GROUPS .............................. 606 – 643<br />
FOREIGN MEDALS .............................................................................................. 644 – 647<br />
MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................ 648 – 653<br />
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OBITUARY<br />
ROBERT WATSON GRICE<br />
1946 – 2013<br />
“Enemy submarine sighted off Umhlanga Rocks<br />
– Sergeant Grice ordered to investigate.”<br />
That was a typical report found by Rob’s family<br />
at home in their garden – on a tree or under a<br />
stone. Always modest, he never promoted<br />
himself above Sergeant, and his youth was spent<br />
immersed in all things military; a fascination that<br />
remained throughout his life.<br />
Rarely seen without a book, he was very well<br />
read, and his extensive reading specialised in both<br />
the World Wars and South African military<br />
history. In July 1966, while training at the Army<br />
Gymnasium, he was fortunate to be selected to<br />
attend the 50 th anniversary of the battle of Deville<br />
Wood on the Western Front. With an interest in<br />
Militaria throughout life, his collecting really<br />
took hold in his retirement, where from his book<br />
lined study in the Eastern Cape, he researched<br />
and collected medals – always interested first in<br />
the human aspect of the recipient. Through his<br />
collecting that spanned over 15 years, he made a<br />
wide circle of friends who knew and valued his knowledge and advice.<br />
Robert Watson Grice was born in Durban in March 1946, and was the third and youngest child to Mr and Mrs<br />
LDC Grice of Mount Edgecombe, Natal. As the son of an Estates Manager for Natal Estates, he spent a very<br />
happy and carefree childhood growing up surrounded by the sugar cane fields of Mount Edgecombe.<br />
Rob was educated at Athelton Primary School and later, Martizburg College, Natal where he spent his final<br />
year as Head Boy. He attended the Army Gymnasium in 1966, and was commissioned into the Durban<br />
Regiment as an infantry officer in the Citizen Force. He also started at Dorman Long van der Byl (later<br />
Dorbyl Marine) in the late 1960’s as a draftsman.<br />
He married Ellen Moira Kniphouse in 1972 and they had two sons (Kelvin James born 1976 and Lynton<br />
Mark born 1979). He was serving as Major, OC B Company, Durban Regiment in the Caprivi Strip of South<br />
West Africa when his son Kelvin was born. He was presented with a telegram and a cigar by his Company<br />
Sergeant Major. It was night time, and given his lifelong poor eyesight, very soon after hearing the news fell<br />
into a shallow trench. He served for over 20 years in the Durban Regiment and his medal group consists of<br />
the Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong>, John Chard Decoration and John Chard <strong>Medal</strong>.<br />
He was a keen marksman with the rifle, both at school and in the Army. Coupled to his interest in military<br />
history, this led him towards black powder and large bore shooting in the late 1980’s, and he spent many<br />
happy weekends at the Mapstone’s Range in the Natal Midlands with his friends.<br />
Rob was a wonderful family man. When his wife Moira died in March 1983 he balanced work and being a<br />
single parent with outstanding strength. He married his second wife Barbara Elizabeth Brinzer in October<br />
1985. The family moved from Durban to East London in January 1991 following Rob’s promotion to<br />
General Manager – Dorbyl Marine East London.<br />
After retiring in the late 1990s, Rob sold second hand books at the various weekly flea markets in the East<br />
London area. He also volunteered at the East London Museum, Hospice, and SPCA shop. Well known and<br />
loved by the East London community, his presence selling books, always in his wide brimmed felt hat, will<br />
be sorely missed.<br />
MAJOR K.J. GRICE R SIGNALS<br />
BLANDFORD FORUM<br />
DORSET, ENGLAND<br />
NOVEMBER 2013<br />
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Singles & Groups<br />
303. Trio – British Empire <strong>Medal</strong> (BEM) VF 1.000 – 1.200<br />
(Geo.VI) (Military) 235513 V.Staff Sgt. John H. Horn G.S.C. (V);<br />
1914-15 Star S gt J.H. Horn Ermelo Cdo.; WM 235513 J.H. Horn<br />
Also entitled to: BWM; AVM; ASM<br />
BEM LG 1 January 1944<br />
“Rendered very useful service in the field throughout last Great War and as a Sgt. in the<br />
S.W.A. Police he also served loyally and with exemplary conduct until demobilised in 1925.<br />
Enlisted 2 nd AUG ’40 and served in the S.A.E.C. until transferred to the POW Administration<br />
Zonderwater, in which, by constant and diligent attention to duty, he rendered meritorious<br />
service frequently in face of considerable difficulty, in building up the administrative<br />
organisation of the Camp.”<br />
A BEM awarded for 30 years of useful, exemplary, diligent and meritorious service.<br />
John Hendrik Horn, a salesman in civilian life, was born on 17 May 1886.<br />
During WWI he only saw active service in German S.W.A.<br />
During WWII he saw Union service only and was awarded both the WM and the ASM.<br />
Sold with copied service papers.<br />
304. Pair – The Order of St. John Officer breast badge VF 250 – 300<br />
enamelled; Service <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem with 7 bars<br />
S.A. 461 L.H. Liesching 1956; Service <strong>Medal</strong> ribbon bar with 3 crosses.<br />
Sold with Service <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem SA 460 E.D. Liesching 1954<br />
305. Single– Order of St. John Serving Sister VF 125 - 300<br />
on bow and small officer’s cross on bow.<br />
Sold with St. John Ambulance Association qualification badge (silver) SA 1808 badge; pin back<br />
St. John’s lapel badge.<br />
306. Trio – Military Cross (MC) (Geo.V) with Bar VF 16.000 – 24.000<br />
unnamed as issued; BWM; AVM (Brit.) Major F. Henderson<br />
MC LG 29 July 1918<br />
bar to MC LG 1 February 1919<br />
“T/Capt. Francis Henderson, R.A.M.C.<br />
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout ten days’ fighting this officer set<br />
a splendid example. On one day for twelve consecutive hours he was engaged in leading<br />
squads of bearers to and from the Regimental Aid Posts.<br />
He frequently dressed men in the open when their condition needed it. He brought a wounded<br />
officer back in a car, several times stopping it under heavy fire to make the officer more<br />
comfortable.”<br />
“T/Capt. Francis Henderson, M.C., No. 8 Fd. Amb. R.A.M.C.<br />
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Masnières on 1 st October, 1918. He worked<br />
under heavy fire throughout the day and cleared the battlefield all through the night. Hearing<br />
that two officers of another division were lying out severely wounded, he made his way to<br />
them under heavy shell fire, dressed them, and brought them safely in. His work throughout<br />
was magnificent.”<br />
A medical dictionary records the following:-<br />
“HENDERSON, Francis, M.C., East Braes, Coldstream, Berwicksh. (Coldstream 4)<br />
(Henderson & Sproule) – MB ChB Ed. 1914. Late Temp. Maj. R.A.M.C.Ho. Phys.Edin. Roy.<br />
Infirm.; Ho. Surg. Bradford Roy. Infirm.”<br />
PROVENANCE: KAPLAN MAY 2004. Sold with documents. Otherwise unresearched.<br />
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307. Five – Military Cross (MC) (Geo.V) unnamed; VF 14.500 – 18.000<br />
BWM; AVM (Brit.)with MiD emblem Capt. A.H. Howgrave-Graham;<br />
Col. Aux. Forces LS <strong>Medal</strong>; Col. Aux. Forces Officers’ Decoration<br />
Capt. A.H. Howgrave-Graham 11 th Inry. (R.L.I.)<br />
BWM and AVM (Brit) skimmed and re-impressed. Naming of AVM done upside down.<br />
MC LG 26 October 1916<br />
“Capt. Allan Herbert Howgrave Graham, S. African Inf.<br />
For conspicuous gallantry in action. He brought up reinforcements to a point heavily<br />
attacked and handled his men with great skill under severe machine-gun and rifle fire.”<br />
Alan Herbert Howgrave-Graham served with the 1 st V.B. Middlesex Regiment in December<br />
1896. He later served with the Westminster Dragoons from October 1901 to September 1904.<br />
Having come out to South Africa he served with the Permanent Staff of the Transvaal<br />
Volunteers from October 1904 when he was appointed Captain in October 1904. He was<br />
transferred to the Reserve in 1909 and from 1 July 1913 was attached to the Krugersdorp Town<br />
School Cadets. He was recalled to active service as a Captain with the 12 th S.A.I. in December<br />
1915 and served with them in East Africa. He subsequently served as a Temporary Captain with<br />
the East Kent Regiment with whom he was awarded the MC and MiD. After joining the Rand<br />
Light Infantry after the War he was placed on the Reserve in September 1924.<br />
South African Who’s Who (1954)<br />
“Major Alan Herbert Howgrave-Graham, M.C., V.D. M.P.C. for Roodepoort (Dom. Party),<br />
1936-1943; Late Headmaster, Randfontein Govt. School Transvaal. Educated Highgate (Sir<br />
Roger Cholmondeley’s School); s.o.l. Henry Howgrave-Graham, came to S.A. 1904. Maj.<br />
U.D.F., Ret. List. War Service. Capt. (12 th S.A.Inf. E. Af. Exped. Force. (Despatches); Capt.<br />
in 2 nd Batt. The Buffs, Europe. Pres. Tvl. Teachers’ Assoc., 1922-23; First Pres. and Founder,<br />
Federal Council of Teachers’ Assocs. of S.A., 1924., Author of: The Verdict - , School<br />
Music, Cold Feet, The DeadCompanions and other books and pamphlets; Composer of<br />
Young S.A. and other songs; writer on Psychical Research. Clubs: New Club, Jhb.; Pta. Club.<br />
Add.: 116 Johnson St. Pta.”<br />
Sold with the King’s Silver Wound badge No. SA11551 and therefore it can presumably be<br />
assumed that he was wounded in East Africa; various Who’s Who references, including<br />
photograph; copied service papers from Officer’s File (but none of the usual service papers)<br />
and other documents and extracts of various War histories covering the service of the 12 th S.A.<br />
Infantry in East Africa.<br />
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308. Single – Military <strong>Medal</strong> (MM) (Geo.V) EF 35.000 – 55.000<br />
4787 P vt A. Estment I/S.Afr:I.R.<br />
MM LG 21 September 1916<br />
“At Longueval on 16 July during the attack on enemy trench Lt. Craig fell severely wounded<br />
out in the open between two trenches. The attack proved successful and the men were brought<br />
back. Privates Estment and Baker scaled the parapet and assisted Private Faulds in bringing<br />
back Lt. Craig. The return was made under heavy machine gun fire. Private Baker getting<br />
two bad wounds. The prompt act saved the officer’s life.”<br />
This was the same Delville Wood action for which William Frederick Faulds was awarded the<br />
Victoria Cross.<br />
The citation for Fauld’s Victoria Cross in which Estment is mentioned, was worded as follows:<br />
“For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. A bombing party under Lieut. Craig<br />
attempted to rush over 40 yards of ground which lay between the British and enemy trenches.<br />
Coming under very heavy rifle- and machine-gun fire the officer and the majority of the party<br />
were killed or wounded. Unable to move Lieut. Craig lay midway between the two lines of<br />
trench, the ground being quite open. In full daylight Private Faulds, accompanied by two<br />
other men, climbed over the parapet, ran out, picked up the officer and carried him back, one<br />
man being severely wounded in so doing. Two days later Private Faulds again showed most<br />
conspicuous bravery in going out alone to bring in a wounded man, and carried him nearly<br />
half a mile to a dressing station subsequently re-joining his platoon. The artillery fire was at<br />
that time so intense that stretcher bearers and other considered that any attempt to bring in<br />
the wounded man meant certain death. This risk Private Faulds faced unflinchingly, and his<br />
bravery was crowned with success.”<br />
John Buchan, in his history of the South African Forces in France, puts these events in<br />
perspective when he writes as follows:-<br />
“All through the furious night of the 15 th the troops in Delville Wood were working for dear<br />
life at entrenchments. At 2.35 a.m. Lukin received orders from the division that at all costs the<br />
northern entrance into Longueval must be blocked and that for this purpose his Brigade must<br />
complete the capture of the northern perimeter of the wood, and advance westwards till they<br />
joined hands with the 27th Brigade. ….. while two companies of the 1 st South Africans (those<br />
which, as has been already explained, had formed a defensive flank at the south-west corner<br />
of the wood) were to push north from the Princes Street line. The situation did not allow of a<br />
previous military bombardment; but it was arranged that a ‘preparation’ by trench mortars<br />
should precede the infantry attack. The advance was made at ten on the Sunday morning and<br />
failed completely, since the Royal Scots were held up in their area by a strongly-wired stone<br />
redoubt and the South Africans by machine-gun fire from the ominous orchard between two<br />
roads. It was then that Private W.F. Faulds of the 1 st Regiment won the first Victoria Cross<br />
which fell to the lot of the Brigade. Lieutenant Craig had attempted to reach a German trench<br />
with a bombing section, and had fallen severely wounded half-way between the lines. He was<br />
rescued by Private Faulds, who, along with Privates Baker and Estment, crossed the parapet<br />
in broad daylight under a drenching machine-gun and rifle fire.”<br />
Alexander Estment was born in the Cape Colony in about 1885. His attestation papers, dated<br />
4 September 1915, indicate that he served for 3 years with Nesbit’s Horse during the Boer War.<br />
There is no reference to service in German SWA He served with his unit in North Africa in early<br />
1916 and served in France from April 1916 until April 1917 and again from April 1918 until he<br />
was severely wounded in the face and eye on 18 April 1918. Promoted to L/Cpl on 6 September<br />
1916; Corporal 10 October 1916 and Sergeant on 18 October 1916. Sold with a framed<br />
discharge certificate; copied service documents & copied sections of Ian Uys’s book Delville<br />
Wood; a poor quality photo; small brass S.A. Infantry badge. The BWM awarded to Estment is<br />
included in this lot. NOTE: A magnificent gallantry medal for perhaps the most famous<br />
escapade at Delville Wood. What a pity that medal groups are split up with the passage of time.<br />
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309. Five – Military <strong>Medal</strong> (MM) (Geo.V) VF 18.000 – 28.000<br />
373 P te A.B. Sjoberg 2/S.A.Inf:; BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te A.B. Sjoberg 2 nd S.A.I.;<br />
ASM ACF153727 A.B. Sjoberg; Médaille de la Somme de 1914-1918 et de 1940<br />
(<strong>Medal</strong> for the Somme) unnamed as issued<br />
MM LG 25 June 1918<br />
“On 27 th March 1918 at Dernancourt during a critical time in the retirement of part of our<br />
troops, this man acted with conspicuous gallantry in the face of heavy shell and machine gun<br />
fire and showed great resource and initiative in handling his Lewis gun. By his fine example<br />
of coolness and determination the small force, covering the retirement, were able to hold on to<br />
their position until finally relieved some hours later.”<br />
Albert Bernard Sjoberg was born in Sydney, Australia in about 1897.<br />
In attesting for service with the South Africa Overseas Expeditionary Force on 17 August 1915<br />
he indicated that his next-of-kin was his mother, Mrs. Mary Alice Sjoberg, of Vincent Road,<br />
Clifton, East London.<br />
Posted to “D” company of the 2 nd Infantry Battalion he served in Egypt from 13 January 1916 to<br />
15 April 1916 and crossing immediately to France he served there from 16 April 1916. He was<br />
wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wounded in his back on 12 October 1916. In 1917 he<br />
was posted to “B” Company and returned to France on 17 February 1917.<br />
After re-joining his unit on 26 March he was once again wounded on the right shoulder on 21<br />
September 1917 and returning to his Unit on 24 October 1917. It seems as if he was once again<br />
wounded, soon after earning his Military <strong>Medal</strong>, on or about 30 April 1918.<br />
He was finally discharged from service on 24 May 1919.<br />
During WWII he served with 55 th Coy M.E.B., (S.A.E.C.) and 21 (M.E.B.) N.E. Rand Armd.<br />
Comds. serving from 2 May 1941 until his discharge on 31 December 1946.<br />
Sold with three brass army infantry badges for the 2 nd S.A. Infantry and S.A. Infantry;<br />
confirmation slip for: ASM as awarded No. 153727 Sapper to A.B. Sjoberg; MM plus envelope<br />
addressed: Mr. A.B. Sjoberg, 7(a) & 7 th Ave., Geduld Township, Springs; a poor quality original<br />
photograph which has been enlarged and seemingly professionally photo shopped.<br />
NOTE: Sjoberg is not listed by Uys for Delville Wood. However in studying his service<br />
documents I can see no reason why he did not service actively with the Brigade during this time.<br />
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CAMPAIGN MEDALS<br />
Singles<br />
South Africa General Service <strong>Medal</strong> (SAGS)<br />
bar: 1877-8<br />
310. – Tp r W.R. King Beaufort R.C. Vol. VF 4.200 – 6.000<br />
311. – Tp r J. Mildenhall Beaufort R.C. Vol. VF 4.200 – 6.000<br />
Joseph Mildenhall (1843 -1929) was the eldest son of the 1820 Settler Joseph Mildenhall.<br />
Sold with some family biographical details, etc.<br />
bar: 1877-8-9<br />
312. – P te J.Andrieka (spellingBerger)German Berg r .Cont gt . VF- 5.000 – 8.000<br />
bar: 1879<br />
313. – Tp r . W. Hawkins B/3 rd . Cape Yeomanry VF 4.900 – 5.900<br />
Queen’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (QSA)<br />
No bar<br />
314. – Miss J. Connock (“ghost date” reverse) VF 1.800 – 2.850<br />
315. – 22 P te J. Hazel Cala T.G. VF 950 – 1.600<br />
316. – J.G. Coetzee C.G.R. VF+ 800 – 1.400<br />
317. – 257 Tpr. C. Arthur E. London D.M.T. VF 900 – 1.500<br />
318. – Tpr. J.H. Wood Vict. East D.M.T. VF 900 – 1.500<br />
Three bars<br />
319. – CC, Tvl, Witte P te H. Griffiths Border Horse. VF 1.000 – 1.400<br />
King’s South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (KSA)<br />
Two bars<br />
320. – SA’01, SA’02 7543 P te C. Brookman K.R.R.C. VF 400 – 800<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
321. – QSA no bar Cpl R.P. Fisher Adelaide D.M.T.; VF 1.250 – 1.800<br />
BWM P te R.P. Fisher S.A.M.C.<br />
Robert Peter Fischer served with the 4 th S.A. Field Ambulance in East Africa during WWI.<br />
The AVM is missing. In his attestation forms he recorded that he had previously served in<br />
Barber’s Horse and the Adelaide D.M.T. during the Boer War. Sold with copied service papers.<br />
322. – QSA bar: DoK VF 4.400 – 6.000<br />
P te C.F. Liesching Kimberley Town Gd.; Kimberley Star unnamed as issued<br />
Trios<br />
323. – QSA bar: CC 513 P te C. Lawson Frontier L t Horse;<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) P vt C. Lawson 11 th S.A.I. VF 1.400 – 1.800<br />
Charles Lawson was born in King Williamstown in about 1872. He embarked for service in<br />
East Africa in July 1916. He suffered seriously from several bouts of malaria and dysentery and<br />
was discharged at Wynberg on 24 October 1917 “medically unfit”. Sold with documents.<br />
324. – QSA 3 bars: CC, Rhod, OFS 11030 J.H. Stevenson VF+ 2.300 – 3.300<br />
60 th Coy. Imp. Yeo.; BWM; AVM (Brit.) Capt. J.H. Stevenson<br />
John Herbert Stevenson.Sold with 2 photos of recipient; copy of an account of his War Service<br />
in South Africa (5.4.1900 to 1.12.1900); brass chocolate Christmas tin 1914.<br />
Four<br />
325. – QSA bar: CC 438 P te J. Hinds Frontier M.R.; VF 1.750 – 2.500<br />
1914-15 Star R.S.M. W.J. Hinds Krugersdp. Cdo.;<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) 1 st C/W.O. W.J. Hinds Krugersdorp Cdo.<br />
Served under Commandant Vorster of the Krugersdorp Commando during WWI. Sold with<br />
copied service card for German S.W.A. and original certificate, Krugersdorp Municipality.<br />
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WORLD WAR I<br />
Singles<br />
1914-15 Star<br />
326. – Spr. J.W. Gull S.A.E.C. EF 220 – 400<br />
John William Gull served as a Gunner with 71 and 75 Battery. Wounded in Action 11.10.1916.<br />
Severe G.S.W. in right leg – amputated and discharged.<br />
BWM and Victory <strong>Medal</strong> not recorded as issued. Sold with copied cards and servicedocuments.<br />
327. – P te W.H. Hockey Ntl. Light Hse. EF 280 – 460<br />
William Henry Hockey also served in 7 th S.A. Horse for 7 months and discharged “Medically<br />
Unfit”. Attested for 1 S.A.I. Wounded in action 25.3.1918. KiA with 4 th S.A.I. 6.7.1918.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
328. – C pl J. MacPherson S.A.F.T.&P.C. VF 250 – 460<br />
Rank officially corrected. S/Sgt John MacPherson Wireless Section 2 nd South African Rifles<br />
(East Africa) was reported “Missing” believed “Wounded in action”– released 18.11.1916.<br />
Sold with copied documents.<br />
329. – P te A. Wilcock 10 th Infantry VF 220 –400<br />
British War <strong>Medal</strong> (BWM)<br />
330. – Dvr. W. Adams C.A.H.T.C. VF 180 – 300<br />
William Adams.Sold with copied cards and service documents.<br />
331. – S jt A.C. Anderson 4 th S.A.I. F 180 – 300<br />
Albert Charles Anderson entitled to AVM.<br />
Awarded SWB SA 645 and King’s Certificate No. 140. Sold with copied cards.<br />
332. – Burg. T.P. Ackerman 1ste Z.A.I. BGDN. VF 180 – 300<br />
Thomas Petrus Ackerman was only awarded the BWM as he was discharged at Potchefstroom<br />
19.7.1918 as a “Minor” claimed by parents. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
333. – A/Sjt. A.G. Chapman 4 th S.A.I. EF 180 – 300<br />
Albert George Chapman only awarded the BWM as he was posted to France on 3.12.1918.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
334. – A/Sjt. T. Crouch 8 th S.A.I. F 180 – 300<br />
Thomas Crouch.The A in A/Sgt has been scraped.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents. Entitled to Star and AVM.<br />
335. – Spr. A. Davidson S.A.C.S.C.R.E. VF 180 – 300<br />
Alexander Davidson.BWM only medal awarded, served S.A. and U.K. only.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
336. – P te J.H. Gouws S.A.V.R. VF 180 – 300<br />
Jurie Hendriek BWM only medal awarded. Sold with copied card.<br />
337. – P te R.R.P. Howse 1 st S.A.I. VF 250 – 400<br />
Rowland Robert Parr Howse.Wounded in action 21.9.1917 G.S.W. finger L. Mild.<br />
Died of multiple wounds 26.3.1918. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
338. – P te J.C. Knight Railway Rgt. VF 180 – 300<br />
Jan (John) Christoffel Knight.Sold with copied card.<br />
339. – P te H.R. Rogers 11 th S.A.I. VF 180 –300<br />
Harold Richard Rogers BWM only medal issued. Sold with copied card and service docs.<br />
340. – P te E.D. Smith 2 nd S.A.I. VF 250 – 450<br />
Ernest David Smith.Wounded Delville Wood 20 July 1916.Sold with documents.<br />
341. – A/C pl A.J. Welgemoed 2 nd S.A.I. VF 180 – 300<br />
Andries Jacobus Welgemoed. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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Allied Victory <strong>Medal</strong> (Brit.)<br />
342. – DM2 171446 A.Cpl. H.S. Buss A.S.C. VF 100 – 150<br />
Allied Victory <strong>Medal</strong> (Bilingual)<br />
343. – P te J. Bruce Botha’s Ntl. Hse. VF 120 – 170<br />
John Bruce.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
344. – Dvr. G.S. HillS.A.S.C. EF 90 – 140<br />
George Stuart Hill.Sold with copied cards and service documents.<br />
345. – P te H.F. Luck 5 th Infantry. VF 100 – 150<br />
Herman Francis Luck. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
346. – Burg. W.A. Luus Middelburg Kdo. VF 110 – 160<br />
Sold with copied card.<br />
347. – S jt A.J. Van Tonder S.A.S.C. VF 100 – 150<br />
Andries Jacobus Van Tonder. Sold with 1 Rupee holed one side skimmed and turned into a dog<br />
tag; copied card and service documents.<br />
Memorial Plaque<br />
348. – Pte. Cecil John Wilton Adcock 12 th Regt. VF 350 – 600<br />
Died of enteric 12 November 1916. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
349. – 2 nd Lieut Frances King EF 350 – 600<br />
KiA 1 st S.A.I. 12 April 1917. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
350. – William Alexander Truscott G 300 – 500<br />
KiA 3 rd Battle of Ypres – Battle of Menin Road 20.9.1917.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.Heavily polished.<br />
351. – Daniel van der Walt EF 350 – 600<br />
Died 27.10.1916 1 st S.A.I. Sold with CWGC casualty details:<br />
Silver War Badge (SWB)<br />
352. – C.M. Tarr SA 7988 VF 50 – 100<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
353. – SA 3062 VF 50 – 100<br />
354. – NZ 122 VF 50 – 100<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
355. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) A/C pl J.B. Bateman 4 th S.A.I. VF 300 – 450<br />
James Bertram Bateman. Rrank on discharge C.Q.M.Sgt. 14.10.1919.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
356. – BWM; AVM (Brit.) 41000 W.J. Bickers Ches. R. F 350 – 450<br />
Sold with Cheshire pin back two piece badge.No ribbons; verdigris spots on AVM.<br />
357. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Gnr. R.P. Billing S.A.H.A. VF 350 – 450<br />
Richard Pascoe Billing. Entitled to 1914-15 Star for German S.W.A. service with Kaffrarian<br />
Rifles; served France as Gunner. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
358. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) EF 350 – 450<br />
P te H.E. Branfield 4 th Dismtd.Rfls.<br />
Harry Ernest Branfield.Entitled to 1914-15 Star. He died on service 28.5.1915 and is buried in<br />
Swakopmund Municipal Cemetery. Sold with original memorial scroll and letter in original<br />
postage tube; copied card and service documents.<br />
359. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te H.G. Bursey 12 th S.A.I. VF 350 – 450<br />
Hilton George Bursey.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
360. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) VF 350 – 450<br />
P te C.W. Cronning Brands. F.S.R.<br />
Clifford W. Cronning is entitled to 1914-15 Star. Sold with copy of index card.<br />
361. – BWM; AVM (Brit.) L.E. Giles V.A.D. VF 600 – 900<br />
Miss Louisa Ellen Giles served with the East Lancs.detachment as a V.A.D. Nurse from<br />
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October 1914 to 28 June 1919. Service: December 1914 to March 1915 Catterick Hall Red<br />
Cross Hospital, Didsbury; 13 May 1915 to 21 February 1917 2 nd Western General Hospital<br />
Manchester; 21 February 1917 to 18 May 1918 Military Hospital, France; 18 May 1918 to 28<br />
June 1919 2 nd Western General Hospital Manchester; awarded 2 scarlet efficiency stripes.<br />
Sold with 2 Red Cross Proficiency Crosses engraved 03279 L.E. Giles and 03322 L.E. Giles; 1<br />
Red Cross County of East. Lancs. badge engraved 18213 L.E. Giles; correspondence from<br />
British Red Cross Museum and Archives.<br />
362. – BWM; AVM (Brit.) 2.Lieut. W.J. Hunt EF 800 – 1.500<br />
Temporary 2 nd Lieut. William Julian Hunt 112 th Company Machine Gun Corps KiA 11 July 1916<br />
near Contalmaison in France. Commemorated on: Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 5c and 12c.<br />
His home address was: “7 Clyde-road Redland Bristol. Son of William James and Mercy Hunt,<br />
of 79, Downs Park East, Bristol”. Administrator of his estate: William James Hunt of Bristol,<br />
Insurance Inspector. Effects £1170 2s 11d. Sold with copy of service card and WGC certificate.<br />
363. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te B.A. Lambert 1 st S.A.I. EF 750 – 1.500<br />
Bertram Arthur Lambert was wounded in Delville Wood 14 July 1916; again at battle of Arras 9<br />
April 1917. Sold with SWB. badge No. SA715; dog tag; with copied card and service docs.<br />
364. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) W.O.2 F. Lemmon S.A.N.L.C. EF 350 – 600<br />
Frank Lemmon a 40 year old white Printer’s Manager served in France. Sold with documents.<br />
365. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) F/VF 350 – 450<br />
78073 Pte. H.J. Mortensen 2 nd S.A.I. Bgde.<br />
BWM (surface scratches to right of bust); AVM (a few small verdigris spots).<br />
Hans Jenry Mortenson served with E.A. E.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
366. – BWM; AVM (Brit.) 78073 Sjt. E. Peasley L’Pool R. VF 600 – 1.000<br />
Sold with SWB B55673 in original numbered box and wooden box marked<br />
“War <strong>Medal</strong>s E. Peasley”.<br />
367. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Bombr. T. Reeves S.A.H.A. VF 400 – 800<br />
Thomas Reeves an Irishman from Cork was a locomotive driver in the Rhodesian Railways.<br />
Wounded at Zillebeke 22 August 1917. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
368. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) S/Sjt M.H. Selby 5 th S.A.I. VF 350 – 450<br />
Matthew Henry Selby.Sold with cloth sergeant stripes (black on red); copy of index card.<br />
369. – BWM; AVM (Brit.)<br />
VF 350 – 450<br />
54345 Pte. T.E. Shepherd K.R.R.C.<br />
Thomas E. Shepherd transferred to Labour Corps. Sold with copy of service card.<br />
370. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te W.W. Thorsen S.A.M.C.C. VF 350 – 450<br />
Wilfred Weigman Thorsen served in E.A. with S.A. Motor Cycle Corps. Sold with documents.<br />
371. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te G.B. Truter 4 th S.A.I. VF- 450 – 650<br />
Gordon Brand Truter Missing 13 April 1918. Died whilst POW from pulmonary embolism in<br />
Geraardsbergen POW Hospital (shattered left leg below the knee).<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
372. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Burg. A.J. Venter 9de Z.A.R. VF 350 – 450<br />
Albertus Johannes Venter.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
Trios<br />
373. – 1914-15 Star P vt G.J.K. Bosch 4 th Infantry;<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Burg. G.J.K. Bosch 4de Infanterie<br />
100<br />
EF 600 – 800<br />
Bosch served in the ‘B’ Rfl Coy. Sold with 1914 Xmas tin (brass) withsterling silver pencilbullet in<br />
engraved shell case; documents.<br />
374. – 1914-15 Star P vt C.R. Brown S.A.F.T.&P.C.; VF 550 – 750<br />
BWM;AVM (Bil.) C pl C.R. Brown S.A.F.T.&P.C.<br />
375. – 1914-15 Star Rfm. E.B. Conlon 1 st S.A.M.R.; VF 550 – 750<br />
BWM;AVM (Bil.) P te E.B. Conlon 2 nd S.A.R.<br />
Ernest Barnard Conlon of Port Elizabeth was a Short Service man in German S.W.A. and served<br />
in German E.A. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
100
376. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) EF 550 – 750<br />
P vt S. Dicks 6 th Dismtd. Rfls<br />
Sold with copy of index card.<br />
377. – 1914-15 Star Dvr. T. Elliott S.A.S.C.-M.T.; EF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Dvr. T. Elliott S.A.S.C.<br />
Thomas Elliott served with No. 2 Special Motor Car Contingent in German S.W.A. and was<br />
discharged from service in German E.A. Elliott claimed Boer War service with the<br />
Northumberland Fusiliers. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
378. – 1914-15 Star Pte. D. H. Ferreira 5 th Infantry;<br />
EF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.)P te R.H. Ferreira 8 th Infantry<br />
Joined as Dick H. Ferreira for German S.W.A. and Richard Herman Ferreira for German E.A.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
379. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) VF 550 – 750<br />
P te A. Goddard 5 th Infantry Sold with copied card.<br />
380. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Brit.) VF 650 – 900<br />
9/712 Tpr. K.M. Hutton N.Z.E.F.<br />
381. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Pte F.W. Liesching 2 nd S.A.I.; VF 400 – 600<br />
St. John’s Service <strong>Medal</strong> with bar 5447 F.W. Leisching South Africa S.J.A.E.O. 1943<br />
Francis William Leisching was born in about 1898. He was an apprentice electrician and first<br />
attested for service on 23.3.1917.Posted to “B” Company. He received a gunshot wound on his<br />
arm and back on 21.9.1917. Sold with wound stripe (brass with original backing plate); St. John<br />
lapel badge (pin back);St. John’s Qualification badge named “396188 Francis W. Leisching”<br />
with 7 date bars (1935 to 1941); service card and service documents.<br />
382. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) VF 550 - 750<br />
Burg. A.J.P. Labuschagne 9de O.B.S.<br />
(Onberede Skutters). C Squadron 6 th Dismounted Rifles Midland Rifles. Sold with copied cards.<br />
383. – 1914-15 Star P te J.W. M c Millan 5 th Infantry; VF 550 – 750<br />
BWM Gnr. J.W. M c Millan S.A.H.A.; AVM (Bil.) P te J.W. M c Millan 5 th Infantry<br />
John William M c Millan attested for service with S.A.H.A. on 9 September 1918.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
384. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) VF 450 – 600<br />
Pte. R.W. Meyer Hartigans Hse.<br />
The BWM and AVM are year 2006 officially engraved replacements to Ronald William Meyer.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
385. – 1914-15 Star C pl H.E. Morgan 2 nd I.L.H.; EF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) C pl H.E. Morgan 4 th S.A.H.<br />
Harry Egerton Morgan was discharged 18.10.1916 in consequence of urgent private affairs.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
386. – 1914-15 Star P te A.F. Morgan 8 th Infantry; BWM; EF 600 – 900<br />
AVM (Bil.) A.F. Morgan 4 th S.A.I.<br />
Andrew Frank Morgan.Wounded in action 21.3.1918. Sold with copied card ; service docs.<br />
387. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Bil.) EF 600 – 900<br />
Burg. P.W. Nel 8ste B.S.<br />
Piet William Nel died of malaria 3.3.1917.<br />
Sold with son’s dog tags “D.S. Nel NDG K 572170”; copied card and service documents.<br />
388. – 1914-15 Star P te E.C. Nelson 4 th Infantry; EF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te E.C. Nelson 12 th S.A.I.<br />
Edwin Claude Nelson was attached to the Gold Coast Regt. from 30.10.1917 to 3.12.1917 as a<br />
machine gunner. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
389. – 1914 Star; BWM; AVM (Brit.) EF 650 – 1.000<br />
64881 Dvr. J. Pendlebury R.F.A.<br />
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390. – 1914-15 Star P te R.E. Rogers 8 th Infantry; VF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te R.E. Rogers D.S.C.<br />
Robert Edward Rogers.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
391. – 1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Brit.) EF 600 – 1.000<br />
E. Roy F.A.N.Y.C. (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps)<br />
392. – 1914-15 Star P te F.J. Schlodder 4 th Infantry; EF 550 – 750<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te F.J. Schlodder 4 th Inf.<br />
BWM and AVM first time issues in 1973 with covering letter. Sold with copy of index card.<br />
393. – 1914-15 Star P te W.E. Schmidt 10 th Infantry; VF 550 – 750<br />
BWM Spr. W.E. Schmidt S.A.R.O.D.S.; AVM (Bil.) P te W.E. Schmidt 8 th S.A.I.<br />
William Edwin Schmidt Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
394. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Gnr. C.J. Smith S.A.H.A.; EF 650 – 1.000<br />
Memorial Plaque Christoffel Johannes Smith<br />
Christoffel Johannes Smith. Wounded in Action 5.12.1917 at Doignies. Died of wounds<br />
7.12.1917, aged 19 years. Sold with 2 S.A.H.A. badges; Union is Strength/Eendracht maakt Macht<br />
badge; picture of grave; original scroll pasted on card; photos of recipient; card; service docs.<br />
Four<br />
395. – 1914-15 Star Cpl. H.R. Ludwig S.A.S.C.-M.T.; EF 1.000 – 1.500<br />
1914-15 Star 2114 Dvr. H.R. Ludwig E.Afr.M. T.C.;<br />
BWM; AVM (Brit.) 2114 A.Cpl. H.R. Ludwig E.Afr.M.T.C.<br />
Harry Richard Ludwig whose next of kin was Mrs. Ludwig of 4 Hayton St., Ruxburg, Boston,<br />
Mass. U.S.A. served from 27.10.1914 to 16.8.1915 as Driver/ Cpl with No. 2 Motor Car Section<br />
S.A.C.S. for which service he was awarded the 1914-15 Star. He then attested for service in “B”<br />
E.A. Mechanical Transport as a motor mechanic (D/p 15.8.1915). His wife was now living in<br />
Rietfontein Pretoria. Contracted Malaria in East Africa and disembarked at Durban 29.11.1916<br />
and discharged at Roberts Heights 16.8.1918. Interesting double issue of 1914-15 Star.<br />
Sold with copied WWI documents.<br />
Five<br />
396. – 1914-15 Star P te C.V. Heath S.A.M.C.; VF 750 – 1.000<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te C.V. Heath 2 nd S.A.H.; Médaille de la Somme de 1914-1918<br />
et de 1940 (<strong>Medal</strong> for the Somme) unnamed as issued; SWB No. 10362<br />
Clifford Vincent Heath was wounded twice in Action and gassed.<br />
“After the conclusion of the S.W.A. campaign he joined up with the 2 nd Regiment of the 1 st S.A.I.<br />
Brigade overseas. He served through the Egyptian Campaign in the Western Desert and then<br />
with his unit, went to France and fought through all the Somme battles. He fought through the<br />
Battle of Delville Wood but during the battle, he and one other became temporarily detached and<br />
were taken prisoner. On their way out of the wood towards the German lines they were forced to<br />
take shelter from a shell burst in a Shell Hole. During this brief respite Cliff Heath overpowered<br />
his guard and together the two South Africans marched the two Germans back to ‘our lines as<br />
prisoners – handed them over and, as Cliff said. ‘Got back into the fight’”.<br />
Sold with blazer badges of the B.E.S.L. and 9 th Div. (WWI); wound stripe with backing plate; 2 nd<br />
S.A.I. collar dog and shoulder badge S.A.I. and cap badge; scroll; photographs of recipient in<br />
youth and old age; copied card and service documents; service scroll.<br />
397. – Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> (Eliz.II) unnamed as issued; EF 700 – 1.100<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) S jt T. Lorentz S.A.H.A.; WM; ASM 201477 T.A.N. Lorentz<br />
Theodorus Apollonius Ninus Lorentz born 1891 served as a private in the Dutch Volunteers in<br />
Holland from August 1907 to August 1910. He next served as a Tpr. in Boshoff’s Commando<br />
and Lieut. in Hunt’s Scouts during the Rebellion till 1 January 1915. Attested as a gunner with<br />
S.A. Horse Artillery from 27.9.1916. Served in France, discharged 5.2.1920. WWII service from<br />
7.6.1940 to 31.10.1940, placed on retired list as Captain. 1953 Coronation - Provincial<br />
Councillor. A 1914-15 Star was despatched but is not referred to in later records by Lorentz.<br />
Sold with copied card and copious service documents.<br />
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398. – 1914-15 Star P te D.J. Smith 18 th M.R.; EF 650 – 900<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Lt. D.J.N. Smith; WM; ASM 115786 D.J.N. Smith<br />
Daniel Jacobus Nel Smith Major Central Army Training Unit. Sold with “Union is<br />
Strength/Eendracht Maakt Macht” badge; photographs; copied card and service docs.<br />
399. – 1914-15 Star P te H. Sweetman 5 th Infantry; BWM; VF 550 – 750<br />
AVM (Bil.) Pnr. H. Sweetman S.A.P.B.; WM; ASM 217145 H.R. Sweetman<br />
Last two medals are late 2002 issues.<br />
Henry Robert Sweetman served in German S.W.A. with “F”Coy Kaffrarian Rifles; WWII as<br />
Sapper S.A.E.C. Sold with Johannesburg Peace <strong>Medal</strong> 1914-1919; blue cloth badge with<br />
S.M.L.E. and Star white embroidered; copied card and service docs.<br />
Six<br />
400. – Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1953 (Eliz.II) unnamed; EF 750 – 1.000<br />
1914-15 Star; BWM; AVM (Brit.) 55451 Pte. A. Latimer R.A.M.C.;<br />
SAWS <strong>Medal</strong>; South African Red Cross Society for Meritorious Service award.<br />
Andrew Latimer was born at Loftus, Yorkshire in 1888 and educated at the Abbey School,<br />
Selby Yorkshire. During WWI he served in Gallipoli, East Africa and Mesopotamia.<br />
Married to Edith Marina Cox by Lt.-Col. Jones Davies, Chaplain to the Forces at the Garrison<br />
Church, Wynberg, Cape on 2 July 1918. They returned to South Africa after his demobilisation<br />
and arrived in Cape Town in May 1920. They settled in Cambridge, East London where he was<br />
the butcher. In 1924 Andrew Latimer was elected to the Cambridge Council (Ward 3). Elected<br />
Deputy Mayor in 1926 till elected Mayor in 1929 and again 1939, which office he held at the<br />
time of amalgamation. He was the last Mayor of Cambridge and first elected Mayor of Greater<br />
East London. He fought the Parliamentary Election in 1943 whilst still Mayor. A popular<br />
choice, he was asked to stand by many people of different parties. He stood as the Labour Party<br />
Candidate and won the election by a landslide. On 29 July 1948 was appointed 1 of 3 Labour<br />
Senators by the Electoral College. PROVENANCE: CITY COINS MEDAL AUCTION 61, LOT 151.<br />
Sold with Royal Army Medical Corps badge; S.A. Red Cross Society badge for Meritorious<br />
Services engr. “A. Latimer 1x1963”; Mayoral photo.<br />
WORLD WAR II<br />
Singles<br />
1939-45 Star<br />
401. – 277619 C.R. Foxcroft VF 50 – 75<br />
402. – 37669 M.G. Robinson F 30–50<br />
403. – unnamed (lot of 3) VF 100 – 150<br />
Atlantic Star<br />
404. – unnamed VF 150 – 200<br />
Africa Star<br />
405. – 28661 G.A. Christie F 30–50<br />
406. – unnamed (lot of 2) VF 100 – 150<br />
Burma Star<br />
407. – unnamed VF 100 – 120<br />
Italy Star<br />
408. – 178058 R. De Villiers EF 50 – 75<br />
409. – P102897 J.G. Gubb VF 50 – 75<br />
France & Germany Star<br />
410. – unnamed VF 100 – 120<br />
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Defence <strong>Medal</strong> (DM)<br />
411. – 296152 H.W. Klue VF 40 – 50<br />
412. – C285428 A. Tangee VF 40 – 50<br />
413. – 231295 J.J. Van Zyl VF 40 – 50<br />
414. – unnamed (lot of 3) VF 75 – 100<br />
War <strong>Medal</strong> 1939-45 (WM)<br />
415. – 8325 D.A.L. De Bruyn VF 40 – 50<br />
416. – 337950 C.J. Du Plessis VF 40 – 50<br />
417. – 242996 R.O. Harvey VF 40 – 50<br />
418. – C321709 W. Williams VF 40 – 50<br />
419. – unnamed EF 40 – 50<br />
attributed to: Corp. Lawrence R.A.F. Sold with issue certificate; original O.H.M.S. box.<br />
420. – unnamed (lot of 2) VF 50 – 75<br />
Africa Service <strong>Medal</strong> (ASM)<br />
421. – 2112623 A.B. Deysel VF 120 – 180<br />
422. – M23077 D.J. Foster VF 120 – 180<br />
423. – C303339 A. Jordaan VF 120 – 180<br />
424. – 41198 L. Knoetze VF 120 – 180<br />
425. – ACF139048 T.A.C. White VF 120 – 180<br />
Thomas Arthur Claude White.Sold with copy record card.<br />
South Africa <strong>Medal</strong> for War Service 1939-45 (S.A.W.S.)<br />
426. – unnamed EF 200 – 300<br />
Sold with original box and rare certificate for John Lawson<br />
427. – unnamed (lot of 2 ) VF 200 –400<br />
South African Memorial Plaque<br />
428. – 205514 F/Sgt. R.J. Stringer S.A.A.F. VF 450 – 600<br />
Entitled to: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: North Africa 1942-43; WM; ASM.<br />
F/Sgt Robert James Stringer S.A.A.F. KiA when his 21 Squadron Baltimore bomber took a direct<br />
hit and with full bomb load crashed in flames. Sold with Plaque badge No. 1814; service records.<br />
429. – 280236 F/Sgt. G.P. Thiel S.A.A.F. “DIED ON SERVICE”. EF 300 – 500<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
430. – ASM ACF29107 M.G. Atkinson; SAWS as issued VF 250 – 350<br />
Pte. Maurice George Atkinson served with R.&H. Bde. Sold with documents.Few e/ks on ASM.<br />
431. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star 114790 E. Baisley VF 200 – 300<br />
Rifleman Atkinson, Kaffrarian Rifles, died 23.12.1943 interred in Florence War Cemetery. Sold<br />
with Death Plaque lapel badge No. 2648; CWGC Casualty details initial I. not. E. as on medals.<br />
432. – BWM; AVM (Bil.) with MiD emblem EF 600 – 700<br />
S /Sjt C.W.T. Biccard A.G.B.<br />
MiD LG 5 June 1919 Supp. unattd. list<br />
Charles William Thalman Biccard served at Adjutant General’s Base East Africa; MiD for<br />
valuable services rendered during period 1.8.1918 to conclusion of hostilities. Sold with docs.<br />
433. – Africa Star; ASM 212936 F. De L. Biccard F 180 – 250<br />
434. – WM; ASM 389101 W. Brady G 150 – 250<br />
Pte. William Brady Q.S.C. Sold with documents. ASM skimmed, officially renamed.<br />
435. – WM; ASM 592584 A.B.A. Bursey F 150 – 250<br />
Pte. Athol Bernard Armstrong Bursey A.S.C.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents. Both medals are skimmed and privately renamed.<br />
436. – WM; ASM 202811 P.P. Byrne; VF 220 – 300<br />
C.S.M. Pelis Pierce Byrne E.S.P.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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437. – WM; ASM F265202 C.M. Combrink VF 200 – 300<br />
Sgt. Cornelia Magdalena Combrink W.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
438. – WM; ASM 112906 J.P. Dalton VF 200 – 300<br />
Joseph Patrick Dalton, Kaffrarian Rifles. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
439. – WM; ASM 85920 J.B. Davies VF 200 – 300<br />
Captain John Brinley Davies Q.S.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
440. – WM; ASM 35101 E.V. Dingle VF 200 – 300<br />
441. – WM; ASM M26300 J. Du Preez VF 200 – 300<br />
Pte. Joseph Du Preez I.M.C. Only medals awarded. Sold with copied card and service docs.<br />
442. – WM; ASM 309015 N.C. Els VF 200 – 300<br />
Probationer Nurse Nancy Catherine Els S.A.M.N.S.<br />
Sold with dog tags; copied card and service documents.<br />
Mounted as worn.<br />
443. – WM; ASM W30654 B.S. Estment; button hole Protea VF 400 – 600<br />
emblem (silver) rather than standard bronze ribbon emblem.Mrs. Beryl Sheila Estment served<br />
in the W.A.A.S. as a typist from February 1942 to 30.6.1948. Her husband Capt. M.W. Estment<br />
was also entitled to King’s Commendation Protea Emblem. Sold with copied service papers.<br />
444. – WM; ASM 14593 R.A. Grattan EF 200 – 300<br />
Pte. Reginald Archibald Grattan, D.E.O.R. A. Grattan was a prominent landscape artist.<br />
Sold with 3colour prints of the Old Homestead near Worcester; 3 fliers with brief biography and<br />
cover picture of “Reg at work”;copied card and service documents.<br />
445. – WM; ASM 110615 S.P. Hart EF 200 – 300<br />
Pte. Stephanus Pretorius Hart6 th Mtd Rgt. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
446. – WM; ASM 191013 W.B. Massey (no ribbons) EF 200 – 300<br />
Spr. William Byron Massey 9 th Base Works Coy. S.A.E.C. Sold with copied card; service docs.<br />
447. – WM; ASM 310345 H.J. McDonald (no ribbons) VF 200 – 300<br />
Sgt. Hermanus Johannes McDonald M.P.C. Sold with copied medical card and service docs.<br />
448. – WM; ASM 9557 O.R.J. McGregor VF 200 – 300<br />
Oliver Reginald James McGregor D.M.R. (Middelandse Regiment)<br />
Sold with dog tag; copied card and service documents.<br />
449. – WM; ASM 185976 F.J. Nel VF 200 - 300<br />
Sgt. Francois Jacobus Nel Q.S.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
450. – WM; ASM 116552 H.E. Ogden VF 200 – 300<br />
Sgt. Harold Edgar Ogden. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
451. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star M11371 M. Philander VF 200 – 300<br />
452. – WM; ASM 89480 E.O.C. Power VF 200 – 300<br />
Edmund O’Carroll Power Capt., served M.E. and Italy<br />
453. – 1939-45 Star; ASM C302406 J. Steyn VF 200 – 300<br />
454. – WM; ASM 100604 H.L. Taylor VF 200 – 300<br />
455. – WM; ASM 37285 W.I. Wiggill VF 300 – 400<br />
– WM; ASM 704742 W.I. Wiggill VF<br />
Pte. William Isaac Wiggill 37285 S.A.V.C. discharged 10.5.1941. Attested again 17.5.1943.<br />
704742 Pte. in E.S.P. Corps. Father of W.T. Wiggill. Refer LOT 467.<br />
A rare instance of “double issue” of WWII medals to a South African.<br />
Sold with service papers for both sets of medals; driver’s licence.<br />
456. – WM; ASM F269877 E.L.R. Wilson VF 200 – 300<br />
457. – DM; WM unnamed Mounted as worn. VF 55 – 75<br />
Trios<br />
458. – WM; ASM 583756 S.F. Allen; EF 350 – 500<br />
S.A.W.S. unnamed as issued<br />
Stanley Frane Allen assumed duty 20.1.1945 with Signal Training Centre discharged 7.12.1945<br />
to return to Rhodes University. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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459. – Italy Star; WM; ASM 614765 S.A. Bekker VF 300 – 400<br />
Pte. Stefanus Albertus Bekker served with R.&H. Brigade. Sold with copy card; service docs.<br />
Small naming, medals issued 1.7.1968<br />
460. – Italy Star; WM; ASM 235202 F.N.J. Calldo VF 300 – 400<br />
A/Cpl. Frans Nicolaas Jooste Calldo S.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
461. – Italy Star; WM; ASM 205496 Z.A. De Beer VF 300 – 400<br />
Lieut. Zacharias Andrias De Beer S.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
462. – DM; WM; ASM M16032 H.W. Jasson VF 300 – 400<br />
Pte. Henry William Jasson I.M.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
463. – DM; WM; ASM 173058 W.G. Prowse VF 300 – 400<br />
Cpl. Winton George Prowse A Squadron 1 st A.C. Regt. Served only in Madagascar<br />
Sold with Tankbadge; name bracelet; ribbon bar; some original documents i.e. Driver’s License<br />
with photo; copied card and service documents.<br />
464. – WM; ASM 255192 N.I. Rive; EF 950 – 1.200<br />
S.A.W.S. unnamed as issued<br />
Norah Irene Rive. Sold with The Order of St. John Prize medal (silver) by Mappin & Webb,<br />
Reverse S.A. Joint First Aid Demonstration engraved: “Winning Team 1922East London Division<br />
SAR&H District St John Ambulance Brigade. Miss N.I. Rive (Captain)”; silver St. John’s<br />
Ambulance qualification badge engraved “243931 Norah I Rive”, same in bronze; photo album,<br />
photograph of Military Hospital Staff; books: St. John’s Ambulance “First Aid to the Injured”;<br />
Home Nursing; The Centenary of the Revival of the Order of St. John in England 1931;<br />
W.R.N.S. paper serviette; cotton St. John’s Ambulance Triangle sling depicting its use; sterling<br />
silver bowl trophy (237gms) on stand engraved with the St. John Ambulance Star “Empire<br />
competition 1931 Lady Amb. Officer N.I. Rive”;copied card and service documents.<br />
465. – DM; WM; ASM P6770 A.V.B. Stone VF 300 – 400<br />
Albert Victor Bouwer Stone S.A. Instructional Corps M.E.<br />
Sold with photo; copy of card; P.F. and WWII service documents.<br />
466. – DM; WM; ASM 279559 L.I. Toughey EF 300 – 400<br />
A/M. Louis Idris Toughey S.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
467. – DM; WM; ASM 228446 W.T. Wiggill EF 300 – 400<br />
Cpl. William Thomas Wiggill, T.S.C. son of W.I. Wiggill. Refer LOT455. Sold with docs.<br />
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468. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; F 250 – 400<br />
WM; ASM 125066 D.H. Ackerman<br />
Dirk Hendrick Ackerman attested in the 62 nd Tunnelling Coy. (M.E.B.) S.A.E.C.<br />
Sold with original civilian photo; damaged S.A. Engineers Genie cap badge; copied card; service<br />
documents.Stars are late issue small naming; ASM skimmed and officially renamed.<br />
469. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; VF 450 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 5054 G.A. Archibald<br />
Sgt. George Anderson Archibald N.M.R. Served in the M.E. with S.A. Signal Co.<br />
Sold with 3 N.M.R. badges; photo; medal issue certificate; O.H.M.S. postal envelope addressed:<br />
Mnr./Mr. G.A. Archibald, Boy’s Memorial Hostel, Cathcart, C.P.;V Welcome Home<br />
Identification Certificate; Natal Mounted Rifles Historical Notes 1854-1942; original letter from<br />
Officer in Charge of War Records; War Gratuity payment notice; service records and card.<br />
470. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 11699 D.S. Bezuidenhout<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s are still in original envelopes. Pte. David Stephanus Bezuidenhout served with the<br />
Kaffrarian Rifles; POW 20.6.1942 in Italian & German camps. Sold with copied card and docs.<br />
471. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 229805 T.V. Bolton<br />
Pte. Thomas Victor Bolton T.S.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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472. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 114464 R.E. Breetzke<br />
Gunner Reuben Edward Breetzke S.A.A. POW24.6.1942. Sold with S.A.A. shoulder and cap<br />
badge; original photo of Breetzke in North Africa; 6 scanned photos; copied card; service docs.<br />
473. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 223166 H.P. De Villiers<br />
Pte. Hendrik Petrus De Villiers 1 st R.L.I. Sold with M.O.T.H. photo;copied documents.<br />
474. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM 9235F.J. Durant EF 400 – 500<br />
Francois Jacobus Durant.POW 20.6.1942 Kaffrarian Rifles. Sold with copied documents.<br />
475. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 11967 C.L. Griffiths<br />
Christopher Joseph Griffiths Die Middelandse Regiment POWTobruk.<br />
Sold with dog tag; soldy boek; copied card and service documents.<br />
476. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM M16550 G. Harris<br />
Pte. George Harris I.M.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
477. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF- 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 14622 R.G. Haynes<br />
Pte. Reginald George Haynes D.E.O.R. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
478. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM 6902 D.E. Heny EF 450 – 600<br />
Pte. Douglas Edward Heny; R.D.L.I. wounded in action 14.7.1942.<br />
States on medal application that he received multiple shell splinter wounds while manning a trench<br />
mortar at Alamein. Sold with original postal envelope; copied card and service documents.<br />
479. – Africa Star; DM; WM; ASM 11777 A.N. Holmes VF 400 – 500<br />
Cpl. Alex Norman Holmes K.R. and S.A.A.F. (full entitlement). Sold with photo; M.O.T.H. Cross<br />
with bar: “Alex Holmes 80”; M.O.T.H. button; M.O.T.H. pin; copied card and service documents.<br />
480. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 - 500<br />
WM; ASM 112325 C.D. Holmes<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s are still in original white envelopes. S/Sgt. Clifford Douglas Holmes M.T.Corps East<br />
Africa. Sold with quality Photo type large studio photo of Holmes in Uniform and many pictures of<br />
transport in East Africa;ribbon bar; copied card and service documents.<br />
481. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM;ASM M15009 S.N. Izally<br />
Pte. Stanley Norman Izally Attached S.A.E.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
482. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 600 – 1.000<br />
WM; ASM 84138 W.A. Kessell entitled 8 th Army bar<br />
William Alfred Kessell KiA 26 October 1942 serving with Cape Town Highlanders<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
483. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; WM; ASM 11276 E.W. Kew VF 400 – 500<br />
Edward William Kew First <strong>City</strong> in Madagascar then S.A.A.F. in Italy.<br />
Sold with original postal envelope with medal issue certificate; copied card; service documents.<br />
484. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 178909 D.B. Kietzmann<br />
Pte. Desmond Barnard KietzmannT.S.C. Missing 20.6.1942 6 Bde W/S, confirmed POW.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
485. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star;<br />
VF 400 - 500<br />
WM;ASM with Protea emblem 141158 V. Korte<br />
On roll T/A/Sgt S.A.A.F. GGUdfo 14.6.1945. No documents, a great opportunity for research.<br />
486. – Africa Star; DM; WM; ASM 216273 O.I. Luppnow VF 400 – 500<br />
Cpl. Oliver Ishmail Luppnow R.H. Brigade.<br />
Sold with original medal issue certificate; envelopes; postal envelope; copied card; service docs.<br />
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487. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 176659 J.V. Page Macdonald<br />
Cpl. James Victor Page Macdonald S.A.M.C. Captured at Tobruk 20.6.1942, repatriated<br />
12.5.1943. Sold with original medals issue certificate, envelopes; copied card; service documents.<br />
488. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM;ASM 114649 J.C. Macready<br />
Gnr. James Charles Macready S.A.A. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
489. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 212868 J.P.J. Maree<br />
Cpl. Johannes Petrus Jacobus Maree S.A.A.F. Sold with photo of Maree as Sergeant Mounted<br />
Policeman and group photo; copied card and service documents.<br />
490. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM 59764 J.Y. Miles EF 400 – 500<br />
A/M Joseph Yates Miles S.A.A.F. Sold with original postal envelope; copied card; service docs.<br />
491. – Italy Star; DM; WM; ASM 607636 E.F. Minnaar EF 400 – 500<br />
A/M Enrico Francois Minnaar S.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
492. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star;<br />
WM; ASM 188254 R.W.S. Mortimer VF 400 – 500<br />
Pte. Robert William Strachouse Mortimer S.A.M.C. Tobruk POW Italy & Germany.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
493. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 251990 D.M. Murdoch<br />
Sig. Donald MacKay Murdoch S.A.S.C. Tobruk POW.<br />
Sold with copied card; service documents.<br />
494. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 558834 J.W. Nicholls<br />
Lieut. James Wilfred Nicholls Still Camera operator Film and Photo Unit GSC ACF attd. S.A.P.F.<br />
Sold with 1941 Xmas tin (Smuts); copied card and service documents.<br />
495. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 243082 M.G. Oosthuizen<br />
Sgt. Martin Gerald Oosthuizen N.M.R., 1 st A/Tank Regt Mar 1941 to Jan 1943 in M.E.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
496. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 9122 D.J. Du P. Pretorius<br />
Pte. Daniel Johannes Du Plessis Pretorius, Kaffrarian Rifles POW Tobruk.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
497. – 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; EF 600 – 1.000<br />
WM;ASM 68201 J. Pringle<br />
498. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; VF 750 – 1.250<br />
WM; ASM 328849 J.W. Rattray<br />
Lieut. John Wood Rattray, S.A.A.F. Observer in Italy from 15.2.1944 to 1.4.1945; 18 and 114<br />
Squadron (R.A.F.), 15 Squadron S.A.A.F.<br />
Sold with original 2 Log books; book Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Rattray,<br />
publ. 1913; handwritten flight plan; various journals; correspondence; cloth badges; photographs;<br />
copied card and service docs. and other numerous items.<br />
499. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM;ASM 1479 C.O. Ridgway<br />
2 nd Lieut Colin Owen Ridgway Umvoti Mounted Rifles. Tobruk POW.<br />
Sold with N.M.R.and U.M.R.buttons, pips on orange tab; UMR shoulder badges, cloth badges;<br />
insignia; photo in officer’s uniform; copied card and service documents.<br />
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500. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM W151160 D.C. Roberts<br />
S/Sgt. Doreen Constance Roberts attested as Miss Botha. Sold with copied card; service docs.<br />
501. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star;<br />
EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 113016 E.G. Selby<br />
Pte. Eric Graham Selby, Kaffrarian Rifles. POW Tobruk. Sold with photos; service documents.<br />
502. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 12117 C.J. Shelver<br />
Pte. Charles James Shelver, D.M.R. and R.L.I. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
503. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star (“8” numeral on spare ribbon); EF 400 – 500<br />
Italy Star; ASM 134109 E.J. Smit<br />
Erasmus Johannes Smit Sgt., S.A.E.C.<br />
Sold with original medals issue certificate; copied card and service documents.<br />
504. – Italy Star; DM; WM; ASM 208712 D.H.A. Snow VF 400 – 500<br />
Sgt. Dennis Hasting Arthur Snow Flr.Eng. 34/44 Squad S.A.A.F. 23.12.1944 to 14.4.1945.<br />
Sold with photo of Air Crew B24 Liberator Bomber incl.Snow; photo of Air Crew B24 Liberator<br />
Bomber; photo of Sgt. Snow in uniform; copy card; service docs; some original S.A.A.F. docs.<br />
505. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 212541 R. Strydom<br />
A/M Robert Strydom S.A.A.F. Served with 24 Squadron in Libya and Italy from 30.2.1944 to<br />
14.8.1945. Sold with copied cards and service documents.<br />
506. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 90825 P. Townsend<br />
Replacement group sent 21.11.1969. N/S. Phyllis Alice Townsend S.A.M.N.S.<br />
Sold with certificates; dog tags; 3 S.A.M.N.S. collar dogs; 2 nd Lieut. pips; Woodstock Hospital<br />
Nursing badge; ribbon bars; 8 original photos; personal letters and memorabilia; St. John<br />
shoulder badges on Nursing epaulettes with nursing qualification badges; original Red Cross<br />
Society document for WWII service; copied card and service documents.<br />
507. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 214254 W.N. van der Merwe<br />
Tpr. Willem Nicolaas van der Merwe, 7 th A.C. Recce Bn.<br />
POW 21.6.1942 - Germany Stalag 8B and Italy. Sold with SA Tank Corps cap badge; original<br />
issue certificate; envelopes and postal envelope; copied card and service documents.<br />
508. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 175298 C.C. van Tonder<br />
A/M. Cornelius Christoffel van Tonder, S.A.A.F.<br />
Sold with Witwatersrand Rifles cap badge; S.A.A.F. collar dog; photo; copied card; service docs.<br />
509. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; DM; VF 400 – 500<br />
WM; ASM 215441 A.W. Young<br />
L/Cpl. Amos William Young, S.A.R.&H. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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510. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 500 – 550<br />
WM; ASM 97814 J.W. Abercrombie<br />
T/A/Sgt. James William Abercrombie (electrician) in Middle East from 1943 21 Squadron<br />
29.6.43; 24 Squadron 15.4.45. Sold with original medal envelopes; postal envelope; medal<br />
certificate, scanned and printed photos; copied card and service documents.<br />
511. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; VF 700 – 900<br />
WM; ASM 11738 A.E. Dalbock; S.A. Memorial Plaque Died on Service<br />
11738 Pte. A.E. Dalbock.<br />
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Arthur Edward Dalbock Kaffrarian Rifles attached to T.S.C.<br />
He was accidentally killed in M.E. 12.6.1941.<br />
Sold with plaque badge 930; 3 badges; 1 photo of recipient; copied card and service documents.<br />
Memorial Plaque angled wooden stand piece missing off back. Stand can be repaired.<br />
512. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM EF 700 – 900<br />
13285 T.B. Elliott; Death Plaque Died on Service 13285 S/Sgt. T.B. Elliott S.A.R.M.T.<br />
S/Sgt. Thomas Breedon Elliott M.T. Coy POW 28.2.1943; died 23.8.1943 whilst POW.<br />
Sold with plague badge 5335; ribbon bar; original letter regarding medal awards; medals<br />
certificate; boxes; postal envelope; extensive correspondence regarding status of POW and death<br />
notification and burial site in Italy; newspaper clipping “Roll of Honour”; 1 edition of Chat, The<br />
Woman’s Home Journal (Feb. 1941) refer page 19 for picture of Dawn, daughter of Driver T.B.<br />
Elliott and Mrs. Elliott; photographs. Death plaque chipped on left hand corner.<br />
513. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; VF 500 – 550<br />
DM; WM;ASM M20368 R. Fillis<br />
Ruiter Fillis. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
514. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 750 - 850<br />
WM;ASM 102246 R.A. Joiner<br />
Lieut. Ronald Alexander Joiner 24 Squadron S.A.A.F. – Libya was shot down 10.12.1941 on<br />
the “Boston Tea Party” raid.<br />
Sold with dog tags; ribbon bars; badges, pips; flashes; button; R.A.F. clothing card; original<br />
Apropos official newspaper of the 19 Squadron SAAF issues: 1; 8, Christmas issue(Italy)<br />
December 1944; It Can Happen To you! by George Young Envoy newspaper of the 24 Squadron<br />
S.A.A.F. Middle East Forces issues: 1,2, 3 and 4 (Christmas & New Year Number); Old Stooges<br />
newsletter Italy Sept. 1944; photographs; newspaper extracts; extract from Per Noctem Per Diem<br />
– the Story of the 24 Squadron, S.A.A.F.: colour printed maps of Italy, South Eastern Europe; 3<br />
Concealed compasses for R.A.F. crews with relevant newspaper clipping; kerchief to be used in<br />
case of capture by the Russian indicating in Russian to be British soldier (size 245x175<br />
mm);kerchief (double sided colour print) of Italy (size 510 x 640 mm); kerchief (single sided colour<br />
print) of Cyrenaica (540 x 450 mm); tin full of S.A.A.F. badges; card “50 th birthday”.<br />
515. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 550 – 650<br />
WM; ASM 98006 J.L. Joubert<br />
Sgt. Johannes Louis Joubert, S.A.A.F. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
516. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; DM; VF 550 – 650<br />
WM; ASM M16811 P. Kettledas<br />
Pte. Peter Kettledas, I.M.C. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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517. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 550 – 650<br />
WM; ASM 231296 R.K. Lewis<br />
L/Cpl. Roderick Kitchener Lewis, 40 Road Construction Coy. Sold with copied documents.<br />
518. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 500 – 600<br />
WM; ASM 11864 C.A. Petzer<br />
S/Sgt. Conrad Arthur Petzer, M.T. Coy. Sold with documents.<br />
519. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; DM; VF 500 – 600<br />
WM; ASM C302720 K. Snyers<br />
Pte. Klaas Snyers, Cape Corps. Sold with docs. 2 nd type impressed naming; N.A. bar missing.<br />
520. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 500 – 600<br />
WM; ASM 22630 A.M. van Wyk<br />
W.O.1 Alistair Montgomery van Wyk attached R.A.O.C.Sold with 2 WO rank badges; photo;<br />
olive wood covered note pad “Jerusalem”; Mombasa coupons; copied card; service documents.<br />
521. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; DM; EF 500 – 600<br />
WM; ASM M16578 R. Vezasie<br />
Pte. Richard Vezasie, I.M.C. served with 85 Camfl, Coy. Sold with copied card; service docs.<br />
522. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM VF 500 – 600<br />
296672 J.C. Victor; St. John’s Service <strong>Medal</strong> (2 nd type)with 2 bars 6832 J.C. Victor 1947<br />
Cpl. Johannes Conrad Victor, R&H Bde., T.S.C.<br />
Sold with ribbon bar with one St. John’s Cross emblem; copied card and service documents.<br />
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523. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 582133 D.V. Austen<br />
Cpl. Douglas Victor Austen served with S.A.C.S. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
524. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 10510 E.C. Blewitt<br />
T/Bdr. Ernest Charles Blewitt served with 6 th Heavy Battery S.A. Artillery transferred to 6 th<br />
Armd. Div. P.A.G. 21.2.1943. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
525. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 600 - 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 96397M.T. Bradfield<br />
Melville Theodore Bradfield S.A.AF. Sold with original: medal issue certificate, envelopes,<br />
brown O.H.M.S.postal envelope; 2 ribbon bars; copied card and service documents.<br />
526. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 289711 J.R. Goold<br />
Cpl. John Robert Goold S.A.C.S. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
527. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 228432 G.T. Hawes<br />
Pte. Godfrey Thomas Hawes, T.S.C. Sold with photo; copied card/service docs.<br />
528. – 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; EF 400 – 500<br />
Italy Star; WM all unnamed Attributed to: Peter Hudson<br />
529. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar 8 th Army; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 13455 M. Jooste<br />
Cpl. Martinus Jooste, S.A.A./R.N.C. Sold with documents.<br />
530. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 146270 R.A.K. Pohl<br />
Sgt. Ronald Aubrey Kingwill Pohl served with 10 th A.C.C. and 1 st S.S.B. H.Q. Squadron.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
531. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; Italy Star; VF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 53208 J. Voss<br />
Sgt. John Voss, S.A.A.C. 3 rd A.C. Coy; N.M.R. in Italy.<br />
Sold with cloth epaulette with N.M.R. shoulder badge; documents.<br />
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RHODESIA<br />
General Service <strong>Medal</strong><br />
532. – 128117 A/C/Sgt. J.B. Chalmers VF 100 – 200<br />
533. – 9661A F/R D.J. Gray EF 100 – 200<br />
534. – 131967 Pte. S. Jenkins VF 100 – 200<br />
535. – 18885 Const. Mabambimpisi VF 100 – 200<br />
536. – 479553C GD N. Mangena F 100 – 200<br />
537. – 486844C GD F. Mapala VF 100 – 200<br />
538. – P44312 L. Bdr. C. Robinson EF 100 – 200<br />
Prison Service <strong>Medal</strong> (1970)<br />
539. – 268 Cpl. Tawandira VF 100 – 200<br />
FAMILY MEDALS<br />
SOLD AS ONE LOT WHEN ONE ESTIMATE IS LISTED.<br />
BAUER family<br />
Father<br />
540. Single – CGHGS <strong>Medal</strong> bar: Basutoland VF 2.000 – 2.800<br />
Tpr. F. Bauer C.M. Yeo.<br />
Franz Bauer.<br />
Son<br />
541. Trio – 1914-15 Star L/Cp. E.H. Bauer 5 th Infantry; EF 500 – 700<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Cpl. F.H. Bauer 12 th S.A.I.<br />
Edward Hermann Bauer<br />
Sold with Kaffrarian Rifle Cap badge; Sepia photo of Cpl. Edward H. Bauer and two companions<br />
in uniform; with copy card and service documents.<br />
Son<br />
542. Pair – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te H.F. Bauer 2 nd S.A.I. EF 400 – 600<br />
Hugo Frans Bauer served in Egypt, wounded in Delville Wood (Ian Uys); KiA Battle of Arras<br />
9.4.1917. Sold with “Union is Strength/Eendracht Maakt Macht” badge; copy card; service docs.<br />
BUSHELL/UNDERWOOD family<br />
Bushell<br />
543. Single – QSA no bar EF 900 – 1.100<br />
256Pte F.C. Bushell Queenstown T.G.<br />
Francis Cornelius Bushell. Married to Maud Underwood.<br />
Sold with Queen’s Lodge No. 372 Jewel dated 1921-22 and photo.<br />
Underwood<br />
544. Trio – 1914-15 Star P te N.G. Underwood Hartigans EF 600 – 800<br />
Hse.; BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te N.G. Underwood 4 th S.A.I.<br />
Norman George Underwood joined ‘D’ Coy in the field. Wounded in Action 3 rd Ypres<br />
21.9.1917; wounded in Action 8.10.1918 (G.S.W. head, mild). Qualified as Lewis Gunner<br />
11.9.1918. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
DAVIES family<br />
Husband<br />
545. Four – 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; WM VF 400 – 600<br />
all unnamed<br />
A.B. Douglas Hugh Davies D/JX 176405. Seaman Gunner Defensively Equipped Merchant<br />
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Ships. Sold with photo; original Temporary Pay book issued to D.E.M.S. rating in lieu of Form<br />
D.E.M.S.8; Post Office Savings book 1941; Notes on Gunnery for Defensively Equipped<br />
Merchant Ships;The Eyeshooting Pocket Book 1941; H.M.S. black ribbon.<br />
Pair – WM; ASM W587098 J.D. Davies (wife of above)<br />
Jean Daphne Davies nee Macadam. Sold with photo; badge; cloth flash; documents.<br />
FOURIE family<br />
Husband<br />
546. Four – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star (UK replacement); VF 500 – 600<br />
WM; ASM 2787130 J.J. Fourie<br />
Pair– WM; ASM F264406 E.E. Fourie (his wife)<br />
Sold with J.J. Fourie’s 3 Logbooks; photo; copy service file; a note book.<br />
HARRIS family<br />
Father<br />
547. Pair – QSA 2 bars: RoL, Tvl VF/F 3.000 – 4.000<br />
758 Corpl. J. Harris Durban L.I.; Natal Rebellion <strong>Medal</strong> bar: 1906 Sgt. J.H. Harris<br />
Durban Light Infantry<br />
John Henry Harris. Multiple light edge knocks.<br />
Son<br />
548. Pair – BWM; AVM (Bil.) Pte. J.M. Harris 2 nd S.A.I. VF 250 – 400<br />
John Molyneux Harris was 19 when he joined on 4.4.1918 and arrived in France 1.11.1918 and<br />
joined the unit in the field on 12.11.1918.<br />
Sold with copies of cards and docs;“The Small Book”; service records Harold Fallaize Harris<br />
KEYS family<br />
Father<br />
549. Seven – BWM; AVM (Bil.) P te A.L. Keys S.A.M.C.; VF+ 800 – 1.200<br />
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM SAP 196984 A.L. Keys; S.A.P. Good Service<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> For Faithful Service/Vir Troue Diens N o . 10892 (F) Constable A.L. Keys<br />
Arthur Lionel Keys was born on 20.12.1895 in Cathcart, Cape Colony. Attested 1.9.1915<br />
S.A.M.C. and was posted to B.E.F. 21.9.1916. Demob 7.5.1919.<br />
He served from 1919 to 1923 with the Dorset Regiment in India and Sudan.<br />
WWII he attested 17.6.1940, aged 44, and served with 2 nd S.A.P. BN North Africa from 21.6.1941<br />
to 11.5.1942. He was discharged 31.7.1942 to resume duty with S.A. Police in the Union.<br />
Sold with S.A.M.C., S.A.P. and Dorset badge; photos and documents for WWI and WWII.<br />
Son<br />
550. Trio – S.A.P. <strong>Medal</strong> for Combating Terrorism VF 350 – 500<br />
W28612K Sers. A.F. Keys 1978-12-05; S.A.P. 75 th Anniversary <strong>Medal</strong><br />
W28612K Adj. Off. A.F. Keys; S.A.P. <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong><br />
W28612K W.O. A.F. Keys 88-05-31 entitled to bar for combatting Terrorism.<br />
Arthur Frederick Keys 31.05.1951 Student; 01.02.1952 Constable; 21.0.21969 Sergeant;<br />
01.04.1980 W/Officer. Served in the Eastern Cape. Sold with Army Rifle Assoc. medallion (silver)<br />
unnamed; Pro Rece Lege Grege Shooting <strong>Medal</strong> (silver) rev: “Beste Geweerskut Konst. A.F. Keys<br />
Nr. 2’B’ Troep”; Royal Life Saving Society medallion (bronze) unnamed; some S.A.P. documents.<br />
MAPHAM family lot<br />
Father<br />
551. Six – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; EF 600 – 700<br />
DM; WM; ASM 226475 J.A. Mapham;<br />
James Avison Mapham L/Cpl. S.A. Tank Corps from 9.5.43 Pretoria Regt.<br />
Sold with Pretoria Regiment cap badge; collar dog; Miniature SAWS medal; original medal issue<br />
certificate; quality photo like copy of recipient in PR uniform; copied card; service documents.<br />
Mother<br />
Single – SAWS <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed as issued (with certificate) EF<br />
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Son<br />
Single – Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No. 74657<br />
EF<br />
D.A. Mapham. Sold in original box.<br />
PROUT/STEVENSON family lot<br />
Prout (husband)<br />
552. Pair – WM; ASM 203271 J.M. Prout VF 600 – 900<br />
Lieut. James Maurice Prout, S.A.A.F.<br />
Sold with South African Air force: (D.D.461) log book; Royal Air Force (Form 414) Log book<br />
No. 2; dog tags; Brooklands N.A.C. S.C.F.C. C.P.F.C. 1938 No. 1123 medallion; a newspaper<br />
clipping ”Long Solo Flight – Mr. J.M. Prout, of the Durban Deep Mine, Roodepoort, and<br />
member of the Johannesburg Light Plane Club, who purchased a Miles Hawk open two-seater<br />
machine in England and flew it back to the Rand. He was in the air 16 days and met with many<br />
adventures en route; brown side cap with S.A.A.F. badge; photos; newspaper clippings; Manual of<br />
Infantry Training 1940; medal issue certificate; Dept. of Defence Driver’s Permit No. 62506 etc.;<br />
copied card and service documents.<br />
Pair– WM; ASM F46548 P.A. Stevenson<br />
VF<br />
(wife of above)<br />
Paule Andrée Stevenson<br />
Sold with dog tags; identity bracelet obv. engr: “Lt. P.A. Stevenson F.46548 V. R.C.” rev: “From<br />
W.A.A.F.s A.F.S. Congella 30.6.44”; The S.A. Red Cross Society For Efficiency In General First<br />
Aid to the Injured No. 374 awarded to A. Stevenson (silver hallmark) with certificate issued to<br />
Armande Stevenson; The S.A. Red Cross Soc. for 10 years Service <strong>Medal</strong> unnamed; photos;<br />
postcard; correspondence; Red Cross Arm band; Newspaper Cuttings Album entitled: “History of<br />
the Women’s Aviation Assoc. 13.4.1939-1946”; Unveiling of the South African National Memorial<br />
in Delville Wood, Sunday 10 October, 1926 Luncheon to be given in the Restaurant Excelsior,<br />
Amiens at 1.45 for 2 p.m. Admit Mrs. J.H. Stevenson; documents.<br />
THOMSON family lot<br />
553. Pair – BWM; Mercantile Marine War <strong>Medal</strong> 1914-20 EF 800 – 1.000<br />
C.E. Thomson<br />
Carl Edward Thomson died on 18 October 1962 in East London severing a 70 year association of<br />
the Thomson family with shipping in Buffalo Harbour. Served as 2 nd Mate WWI. Sold with docs.<br />
Pair – BWM; Mercantile Marine War <strong>Medal</strong> 1914-20 EF<br />
J. Thomson<br />
John Thomson served as Mate. Sold with documents.<br />
LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS<br />
Singles<br />
554. – Efficiency Decoration (Geo.VI) (boxed) EF 550 – 750<br />
bar: Union of South Africa/Unie van Suid Afrika Maj. W. Gibson 5 Bn. R&H Bde.<br />
William Gibson. Sold with copied card and service documents for WWI, WWII and PF.<br />
555. – Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> (Geo.VI) bar: India unnamed VF 300 – 600<br />
556. – Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo.VI) VF 450 – 600<br />
L/Cpl. E.B. Spence T.S.C. Ernest Brooke Spence.Sold with copied card and service docs.<br />
557. – Voluntary Medical Service <strong>Medal</strong> J. Giovanni EF 100 – 200<br />
558. – Special Constabulary LS <strong>Medal</strong> (cased) EF 100 – 200<br />
Granville Palmer<br />
559. – South African Police Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> VF- 125 – 250<br />
No. 143 (M) N/Constable I. Soyamba<br />
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560. – South Africa Prison Service Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong> EF 125 – 250<br />
7712 J.E. Hefer<br />
Johanna Elizabeth Hefer served in W.A.A.S. and 30 years in the Prison Service. <strong>Medal</strong><br />
presented in 1983. Retired with rank of Captain, Head of East London Women’s’ Prison.<br />
Sold with W.A.A.S. and Prison Servicebadges;WWII docs; letter from PS re: award of medal; 2<br />
Army, 3 PS pictures (photo quality copies).<br />
561. – South Africa Prison Service Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong> VF 125 – 250<br />
(1922) No. 851/T H WR W. Welham<br />
Groups<br />
Trios<br />
562. – DM; WM unnamed; VF 250 – 350<br />
Service <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem S.A.<br />
1672 C.H. Boardman 1971 S.A.R.H. St John Ambulance Div. East London<br />
Sold with DM, WM ribbon bar; Corps of Military Police badge; 2 group photos of C.M.P. Drill<br />
Class, 1943 at Scots Guards Pirbright Camp (Boardman included); photo of L/Cpl Boardman;<br />
soft cover booklet: Front Line Eastbourne – an illustrated Record of a Famous Holiday<br />
Resort under Enemy Air Assault, and a Tribute to the Stout-hearted Residents who kept<br />
the Flag Flying; silver Qualification badge to 436889 Charles Boardman, two silver gilt QB’s<br />
11641, 11646, 11 silver gilt date bars; 7 silver gilt HN bars, all loose but different dates.<br />
563. – Union <strong>Medal</strong> (Eliz.II) No. 618 with bar and ribbon VF 350 – 500<br />
emblem; DM; ASM P6315 W.S. van der Merwe<br />
T/2 nd Lieut. Willem Schalk van der Merwe, Q.S.C. Retired as Major 31.7.1969. Sold with copied<br />
photo; original “Unie <strong>Medal</strong>je sertifikaat aan Kaptein 318.1956”; copied card; service docs.<br />
564. – Rhodesia GSM 4091 C/Inspr. L.O. Branfield; EF 500 – 750<br />
Colonial Police LS <strong>Medal</strong> (Eliz.II) (boxed) 4091 Insp. Lawrence O. Branfield;<br />
S.W.A. Campaign <strong>Medal</strong> (non-combatant award) unnamed<br />
Lawrence Oliver Branfield<br />
Four<br />
565. – DM; WM all unnamed; Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1953 (Eliz.II); EF 1.200 – 1.800<br />
Efficiency Decoration (Geo.V) bar: Nigeria<br />
Lieut. John M. Curwen Nigeria. Regt. Supp.Reserve<br />
Robert John Moncrieff Curwen son of the Rev. Robert Moncrieff Curwen of The Vicarage,<br />
Camberley, Surrey was born on 16 April 1904. He attended Wellington College where he joined<br />
the Officers Training Corps Junior Division on 27 September 1918 till 4 April 1922. He then<br />
attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford from where he was in business in London. He applied for<br />
a post in the African Colonial Service and in July 1928 he is en route to Calabar, Nigeria as a 1 st<br />
Class Cadet. He married Doris Gwendoline Isa Hill daughter of Colonel Cottrell Hill in 1928. He<br />
served as Assistant District Officer in Nigeria and retired after 26 years of able and devoted work<br />
in the Colonial Administrative Service for the Government and peoples of Nigeria.<br />
The Personal files PF Series Robert John Moncrieff Curwen b. 16.04.1904 has now been released<br />
by The National Archives in the Collections: Records of Special Operations Executive 1 January<br />
1939 – 31 December 1946. Ref: HS 9/384/3 Subjects: Intelligence.<br />
Sold with miniatures; album with photos taken in Nigeria where Mr. and Mrs. Curwen are easily<br />
identified; 2 Intelligence reports prepared by Curwen, one with beautiful detail area map;<br />
publication: Nigeria Staff list 1 April 1954. Curwen listed as: Resident posted at Warri. 1 st<br />
appointment 11.7.1928, present 10.1.1948, went on leave 25.8.53 Retiring; book: A History of the<br />
Ancient House of Curwen by John F. Curwen, publ. 1928 property of R.J.M. Curwen (condition<br />
fair; 6 reference letters; Oxford Union Soc. document; Col. Office letter on retirement; OTC docs;<br />
Oxford Blues Cap named to Curwen 129; documents to wife Miss Hill: 5 British Red Cross Soc.<br />
and Red Cross St. John document for service during WW1 (1917-18 VA Detachment 28 Norfolk.<br />
Refer LOT 571.<br />
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566. – Italy Star; WM; ASM 138429 M.P. Emmott; EF 600 – 900<br />
Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo. VI) No. 136449<br />
Lt. M.P. Emmott S.A.A.F. Engraved late issue.<br />
Lieut. Martin Pomeroy Emmott Pilot 15 Squadron 1.4 1945<br />
Sold with 4 miniatures mounted as worn (without Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong>); photos: Emmott piloting<br />
Miles Master, 4 crew members in front of Baltimore ‘Dunston 35’, Baltimore piloted by Emmott at<br />
Desert Air Force ‘Victory’ Fly-Past Undine 28 May 1945, Lt. Emmott 15 Squadron ; 2 cloth<br />
badges; 1 badge; copied card and service documents.<br />
Five<br />
567. – Africa Star; DM; WM; ASM 144740 R.A. Thomson; EF 1.600 – 2.000<br />
Efficiency Decoration(Geo.VI) bar: Union of South Africa/Unie van Suid Afrika<br />
Maj. R.A. Thomson G.S.C.<br />
Displaymounted.<br />
568. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar “8 th Army”; EF 700 – 900<br />
WM; ASM;129256 W.L.C. Bond; Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo.VI)<br />
Lt. W.L.C. Bond S.A.E.C.<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>s mounted as worn.<br />
569. – AVM (Brit.) 202838 Pte. T.J. Wild Linc. R.; VF 700 – 900<br />
1939-45 Star; DM; WM unnamed;<br />
Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong>(Geo. VI) bar: Territorial 2075902 Dvr. W.R. Wild R.E.<br />
NOTE: AVM to Thomas J.Wild (record cards only seem to indicate AVM) and Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong><br />
to W.R. Wild. <strong>Medal</strong>s mounted together, it thus appears that they represent a family group.<br />
570. – John Chard <strong>Medal</strong> (Eliz.II) (type I) No. 3; 1939-45 Star; VF 500 – 600<br />
Africa Star 77066 K.F. Smuts-Erasmus; WM; ASM Smuts-Erasmus K.F.<br />
Small second type impressed naming.<br />
Kenneth Francis Smuts-Erasmus 1952 award of J.C.M. to Captain S&H Brigade. Served WWII<br />
with 2 nd Regiment Botha. Wounded in action at Sidi Rezegh 28.11.1941.<br />
Sold with copied J.C.M. award document; Permanent Force and WWII card; service documents.<br />
Six<br />
571. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; VF+ 800 – 2.000<br />
DM; WM all unnamed; Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> (Geo.VI) bar: Territorial<br />
7596863 SSGT M.Tobin A.A.C.<br />
Montague Tobin 7596863 S/Sgt RAOC transferred to the Army Air Corps, April 1942.<br />
Piloted glider on 17 September 1944 (Jeep with ammunition trailer and six men of the Border<br />
Regt.) Landed Arnhem dropping zone, Fought through until capture on 26 September and<br />
sent to Limburg POW Camp.Daily Dispatch 26 July 2005 death notice of “Tony” Tobin died 22<br />
July 2005 in Canada.Sold with AAC badge, Glider Pilot badge, cloth wings and airborne<br />
badges in bag marked Operation Market Garden 1944-2004 Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’;<br />
copy photos of Curwen: No. 8 Course 4 GTS Kidlington January 1943 group with names, and<br />
recipient post-war in uniform with wings and ribbons; original letters re official issue of<br />
Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> on 9.11.2001; copy Certificates of Qualification as First Pilot; copy of<br />
Soldier’s Pay book; A 9 page single space typed account of his war service by M Tobin.; Book:<br />
Arnhem Liftinscribed “Diana Curwen, Katberg, SA March 1949”; leather writing folio with<br />
initials: D.G.I.C.; small round match holder with raised Curwen crest engr. “Diana Curwen<br />
28.2.74”; (hallmark silver, diam. 32 mm., height 52 mm., weight 65.1 gms). Refer LOT 565.<br />
Seven<br />
572. – 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; DM; WM; VF 1.600 – 2.500<br />
ASM; 67486 W.H. Frame; RNVR LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong> T/S/Lt. W.H. Frame S.A.N.F. (V)<br />
S/Lieut. William Hamilton Frame 12 June 1944.<br />
Sold with 2 cloth badges; some documents; correspondence.<br />
Coronation and Jubilee <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
573. – Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1937 (Geo. VI) VF 100 – 150<br />
574. – Coronation <strong>Medal</strong> 1953 (Eliz.II) VF 100 – 150<br />
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SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE (SADF) POST 1952<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE (SAP)<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY & HARBOUR POLICE (SAR&H POLICE)<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE (SADF) POST 1952<br />
Singles<br />
Distinguished Long and Meritorious Service <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (1975)<br />
575. – 96657 10 years VF 50 – 100<br />
576. – 192994 10 years VF 50 – 100<br />
577. – 19343 (bronze) Citizen Force VF 50 – 100<br />
Groups<br />
Trios<br />
578. –John Chard <strong>Medal</strong> No. 8344; SADF GSM VF 250 – 400<br />
No. 049794; Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No. 72439<br />
Five<br />
579. – Chief of the SADF Commendation <strong>Medal</strong> No. 988; VF 550 – 700<br />
SADF PF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> 30 years No. 1938; SADF PF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong><br />
20 years No. 733; PF LS&GC <strong>Medal</strong> No. 1677; Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No. 33253<br />
Sold with miniatures for first four; name tags; dog tags; various cloth and metal badges;<br />
original 30 year medal box named: Maj. A.S. Oosthuizen 182/84 05167358PE<br />
Service <strong>Medal</strong>s<br />
Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> (1974)<br />
580. – 27727; 70135; 88495 (swivel suspenders); 116343; VF 500 – 700<br />
185440; 307902 (lot of 6)<br />
Southern Africa <strong>Medal</strong> (1989)<br />
581. – 010230 (long grass issue) EF 200 – 300<br />
582. – 011054 (long grass issue) EF 200 – 300<br />
SADF General Service <strong>Medal</strong> (1989) (SADF GSM)<br />
583. – 035859; 048764; 049553; 050024 (4x) (pebble finish) VF 220 – 300<br />
584. – 050112; 053060 (pebble finish); 125522; 187632 (4x) VF 220 – 300<br />
Unitas <strong>Medal</strong> (1994)<br />
585. – 092790; 116408; 132883 (3x) EF 140 – 150<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
586. – SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> No. 98578; VF 120 – 200<br />
SADF GSM No. 075522<br />
587. – Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> (swivel suspender) VF 280 – 400<br />
No. 56437 bar: Cunene; SADF GSM No. 049565<br />
Five<br />
588. – SAP Star for Merit 20265N Sers. N.S, Cloete 21.9.71; EF 250 – 400<br />
SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service 20265N Sers. N.S. Cloete 21.9.74 (bronze)10 year;<br />
South Africa Police Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (silver - type 3)<br />
20266 B O/Sers. N.S. Cloete 22.9.59; WM; ASM 11461 N.S. Cloete<br />
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Six<br />
589. – Chief of the SADF Commendation <strong>Medal</strong> No. 5237; VF 600 – 800<br />
Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No.17558; GSM No. 063454; Unitas <strong>Medal</strong> No. 015439;<br />
SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (silver) No. 82299; SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (bronze)<br />
No. 7180<br />
Air Corp. Myer Joseph Lewis Möll joined PF 19.8.1966 and re-joined PF 1968. Qualified as<br />
Fireman 18.4.1974.<br />
He was awarded the following certificates: Meritorious Service No. 020/95 AFB Waterkloof<br />
24.4.1995; discharged July 1997. Letter of Acknowledgement for 25 years Good and Loyal<br />
service signed by Defence Minister J. Modise.<br />
Sold with 3 Aanprysingsertifikaate; certificate for Good Service <strong>Medal</strong>, Pro Patria and Chief of<br />
the Defence Force Commendation medal; 6 other Air Force Training certificates; 2 official<br />
Ministerial Defence letters last signed by Minister of Defence J. Modise; photographs of Moll in<br />
uniform; name tag; cap badge and collar dogs.<br />
Eight<br />
590. – Southern Cross <strong>Medal</strong> (1952) (type Royal cypher) VF 3.000 – 4.000<br />
No.23; Union <strong>Medal</strong> No. 1253;1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; Italy Star;<br />
DM; WM; ASM8337 L.B. Hopkins<br />
Pte. Leslie Binmore Hopkins in P.A.G. WWII to retire as Brigadier General Manager, S.A.D.F.I.<br />
Sold with ribbon bars; photo; WWII and PF documents.<br />
591. – Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No. 10945; VF 2.200 – 3.200<br />
SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> 30y (Citizen Force ribbon) No. 1581; John Chard<br />
Decoration with JCD emblem No. 207; John Chard <strong>Medal</strong> with crossed swords<br />
emblem No. 1013;1939-45 Star unnamed; DM; WM; ASM 238475 M.J.F. Schlodder<br />
Mounted as worn.<br />
Sold with dog tag 70699079N; 30y GSM white box to Kmdt M.J.F. Schlodder; black buttons<br />
badges and pips to Kaffrarian Rifles; cloth badges, various badges; certificates J.C.D. and Gold<br />
Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> plus numerous group photos.<br />
Eleven<br />
592. – SADF GSM No. 056501; SADF <strong>Medal</strong> Distinguished EF 10.000 – 12.000<br />
Conduct and Loyal Service 40years (9 ct. gold 40 gms) No. 247; SADF Good Service<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> 30years No. 177; SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> 20years No. 572; SADF. PF<br />
Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> 18years No. 518; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army; WM;<br />
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ASM; 15959 D.P. Corby; Efficiency <strong>Medal</strong> South Africa (Geo.VI)<br />
L/Cpl. D.P. Corby S.A.C.S.; Ciskei Independence <strong>Medal</strong> 4.12.1981.<br />
WO 1. Desmond Patrick Corby.Retired 08.2.1978 after a distinguished career of nigh on 40<br />
years. He served in the S.A.C.S. in WWII. He joined the Permanent Force and by April 1955 he<br />
served with the 6 th Corps Regt. S.A. Marines (Port Elizabeth) and S.A.C.S.<br />
Sold with original certificates (various degrees of foxing) for gold and silver Good Service<br />
medal, PF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong>; service documents.<br />
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE (SAP) AWARDS<br />
Singles<br />
593. – SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service 10years EF 50 – 80<br />
0405535-7 Maj. R.A. Coldrey 1992-07-01<br />
594. – SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service 10years VF 50 – 80<br />
31681 S/Sers. G. Pretorius 23.8.67<br />
595. – SAP 75 th Anniversary <strong>Medal</strong> 414004 P.J. Gibhard VF 50 – 80<br />
Groups<br />
Four<br />
596. – SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong> VF 170 – 250<br />
No. 34165T; SAP Star for Faithful Service W31465T Sers. A.J. v.d. Walt<br />
1979.05.01; SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Combating Terrorism Sers. A.J. v.d. Walt 1981.06.16;<br />
SAP 75 th Anniversary <strong>Medal</strong> 0814206W Konst. A. v.d. Walt Sold with 2 photos.<br />
Seven<br />
597. – SAP Star for Merit Adj.-Off. N.J. Prinsloo 32332E EF 600 – 900<br />
14.4.74; SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service 32332E Adj.-Off. N.J. Prinsloo 14.4.74;<br />
SAP Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> For Faithful Service/Vir Troue Diens 32332 (V) Konst.<br />
N.J. Prinsloo 14.4.58; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM SAP 98074 N.J. Prinsloo<br />
Pte. Nicholas Jacobus Prinsloo S.A. Police Brigade was POW at Tobruk and returned to the<br />
Police Service after WWII. He retired 31.10.1954. Sold with 3 badges; photos; copied service file<br />
and cards; S.A.P. diary 15.3.1976-25.11.1976.<br />
598. – SAP Star for Merit 18104 A/Off. P.J. Rich 22.6.67; VF 700 – 1.100<br />
SAP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service (bronze) 18104P A/Off. P.J. Rich 22.6.70; SAP For<br />
Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong> (silver) 18104 (B) 2/Sers. P.J. Rich 22.6.55; 1939-45 Star;<br />
Africa Star; WM; ASM SAP195750 P.J. Rich<br />
Peter Johannes Rich was a POW from 21.6.1942 to 12.9.1943 in Campo 82 Italy. He escaped,<br />
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joined the Free French at Ischia di Castro. Sold with numerous badges; insignia; photos; POW<br />
correspondence; leather: portfolio; handbag; gent’s wallet all depicting the pyramids of Giza, coin<br />
purse embossed: “T.B.E.”; hand painted Egyptian motifs on scarf, handkerchief; service docs.<br />
South African Railway Police (SARP)<br />
Four<br />
599. – SARP <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service 15 y VF 400 – 600<br />
5980 Sers. J. Venter 18.9.73 1126; SARP Star for Faithful Service 20y<br />
Sers. J. Venter 13.7.83; SARP Star for Faithful Service 30y Sers. J. Venter 86.3.7;<br />
Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> 183423 Jan Venter all four medals to same man. Sold with photo; docs.<br />
Seven<br />
600. – SARP Star of Merit and bar EF 400 – 600<br />
2964 Konst. A.W. Van Wyk 424 78-06-08; SAR Faithful Service <strong>Medal</strong> 2964<br />
Konst. A.W. Van Wyk 1717 79-09-05; SAR Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> For Faithful<br />
Service/Vir Troue Diens 2964 Konst. A.W. Van Wyk 631 64-01-20; 1939-45 Star;<br />
Africa Star; WM; ASM 226852 A.W. Van Wyk<br />
Pte. Andries Willem Van Wyk T.S.C. He was POW in Italy and Germany 28.11.1942 and joined<br />
the S.A.R.P. on 9.12.1945 and served in East London the entire time. He retired 1.5.1982. Sold<br />
with small S.A.R. cap badge; large S.A.P. helmet badge; copied service file; S.A.R. documents<br />
which verify his S.A.R. medals.WWII medals all neatly engraved and were issued only in 1992.<br />
South African Correctional Services<br />
Five<br />
601. – SA Prisons Service Star for Merit EF 400 – 600<br />
10062-E Lt.-Kol. J.W. Cowley No. 134; SA Prisons Service <strong>Medal</strong> for Meritfor<br />
officers Luit.-Kolonel J.W. Cowley No. 0095; SA Prisons Service <strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful<br />
Service(Gold) 10062-E Kol. J.W. Cowley No. 667; SA Prisons Service <strong>Medal</strong> for<br />
Faithful Service (Silver) Luit.-Kolonel J.W. Cowley No. 0631; SA Prisons Service<br />
<strong>Medal</strong> for Faithful Service (Bronze) 10062-E Majoor J.W. Cowley No. 0795<br />
Sold with Miniatures; photo; badges.<br />
MINIATURES<br />
Singles<br />
602. – The <strong>Medal</strong> of the Order of El Alijeh EF 250 – 500<br />
(in original presentation case) The Sultan of Zanzibar's <strong>Medal</strong> of Merit: instituted by Sultan<br />
Sayyid Barghash bin Said in 1875. <strong>Medal</strong> initially functioned as the 5 th class of the Order of the<br />
Brilliant Star but was later conferred as a separate decoration. Awarded in a single class,<br />
primarily to Zanzibari subjects and foreigners in government employ, in recognition of civil<br />
services.Charles Le Strange Furlong worked on P.E., Table Bay and Kalk Bay harbours. He<br />
was the Res. Engineer of Zanzibar and Durban Harbour. His medal group is not present. Sold<br />
with 2 “Fear Naught” Tank Corps badges, one mounted on brass plate and engr: “Tpr.<br />
7888899 FurlongC Bovington Camp”; silver medallion “Awarded for Popularity Sea Cadets<br />
Durban” to “Charlie Furlong 1930”; R.N.V.R. cloth badge; Walker & Hall, Sheffield plated<br />
round platter (diam.250 mm) engr: “Lieut. C. Le Strange Furlong. From His Brother Officers.<br />
R.N.V.R. South Africa. 1907-1920”; photos; copied extract of S.A. Who’s Who.<br />
603. – SAGS bar 1879 VF 200 – 300<br />
Groups<br />
Pairs<br />
604. – SADF Good Service <strong>Medal</strong> (bronze); Unitas <strong>Medal</strong> EF 20 – 40<br />
In Joe Calafato box to: S/Sers. David Phelan<br />
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605. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star bar: 8 th Army;<br />
VF 50 – 70<br />
WM; DM; ASM all unnamed<br />
Attributed to:Cpl. Reginald John Sims-Baker, S.A.A.<br />
Mounted as worn.<br />
Sold with original abridged birth certificate; original letter confirming qualifying for medals;<br />
Original letter of gratitude from Minister of Defence; photos of recipient in uniform and family;<br />
book: Taking one step at a time by John Cooper; copied card and service docs.<br />
DAMAGED MEDALS AND INCOMPLETE GROUPS<br />
Singles<br />
606. – George Cross COPY VF 50 – 70<br />
607. – ASM C568273 H. Arries VF 80 – 100<br />
Also entitled to: WM Henry Arries.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
608. – 1939-45 Star 585380 C.M. Bester VF 25 – 50<br />
609. – AVM (Bil.) L/C pl L.S. Slade 4 th S.A.I. in white box. 120 – 140<br />
Leslie Stuart Slade KiA Delville Wood 19.7.1916. Sold with copied card and service docs.<br />
610. – WM 236057 C.R. Bold VF 30 – 40<br />
Charles Randall Bold. 40 th Railway Construction Coy, S.AE.C.<br />
Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; ASM. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
611. – ASM SR. 599514 D. Costopoulus VF 100 – 180<br />
Pte. Dennis Costopoulus S.A. Armoured Corps.<br />
Entitled to 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; DM; and WM issued by Rhodesia (these would be unnamed)<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
612. – Atlantic Star 68104 I.S. Duncan-Brown VF 100 – 200<br />
Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; WM; ASM<br />
Ian Stenhouse Duncan-Brown D.E.M.S. gunner in Athlone Castle.<br />
Sold with copied card; service documents.<br />
613. – WM 26272 D.F. Falconer VF- 40 – 60<br />
David Fern Falconer died of natural causes 11 June 1942. Sold with copied card; service docs.<br />
614. – WM 115222 E.L. Griesel (ribbon bar missing) G 10 – 20<br />
615. – ASM N30893 J. January VF 80 – 100<br />
Also entitled to WM. John January.Sold with documents.<br />
616. – ASM N70920 J. Koloza Also entitled to: WM F 80 – 100<br />
617. – ASM R.P. 79111 Middleton VF 80 – 100<br />
Cpl. Ronald Penn Middleton, S.A.C.M.P. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
618. – ASM 37690 J.C. O’Donovan VF 80 – 100<br />
Pte. Jack Colin O’Donovan K.R.&P.R. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
619. – France & Germany Star 75608 B.V. Oosthuizen EF 300 – 400<br />
Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; WM; ASM.<br />
Pte. Pretoria Highlanders. POW Tobruk. Served with Partisans in Italy and American Forces in<br />
South France. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
620. – ASM 111154 KI.L. Peter VF 70 – 80<br />
Gnr. Kenneth Lehmann Peter, S.A.A. POW Tobruk. Sold with copied card and service docs.<br />
621. – Marksman’s Border Mounted Rifles “Rough but F 30 – 40<br />
Ready” badge unnamed (uniface - silver hallmark Birmingham 1906) mounted as brooch.<br />
Robert James Radley Cape Med. Staff Corps. Entitled to: CGHGS bar: Bechuanaland.<br />
Sold with letters, photos; handwritten diary of R.J. Radley 26.8.-31.10.1916 (died on 8.11.1916<br />
at Mbuyani, East Africa); original Death Scroll and letter (in tube), copied service file and card.<br />
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622. – Silver War Badge (SWB) number erased G 10 – 20<br />
623. – Pro Patria <strong>Medal</strong> No. 212354 Blue enamel not added. EF 60 – 80<br />
Pairs<br />
624. – 1914-15 Star S jt J. Cass Wolmstd. Cdo.; VF 250 – 300<br />
BWM S jt J. Cass 1 st S.A.H.<br />
Also entitled to: AVM. John Cass had previous service with Indian Army 1894 to 1897 and<br />
Boer War. Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
625. – BWM Dvr. W.A. Olds S.A.S.C.;<br />
EF 200 – 300<br />
ASM 86589 W.A. Olds<br />
Also entitled to: AVM; WM. William Arnold Olds served T.S.C. WWII.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
626. – 1939-45 Star; Italy Star 284252 E. Bonthuys VF 50 – 70<br />
Also entitled to WM; ASM. Sold with dog tags.<br />
627. – 1939-45 Star; ASM 96766 M. Durbach VF 90 – 110<br />
628. – Africa Star; ASM 58160 D.A. Seager EF 90 – 110<br />
629. – Italy Star; WM C566377 J. Stuurman VF 30 – 50<br />
630. – WM; ASM 593138 J.C. Van Zyl VF 100 – 110<br />
Also entitled to: Italy Star. Spr. Johann Christoffel van Zyl, S.A.E.C.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
631. – Africa Star; Italy Star 8693 G.D. Willis VF 60 – 80<br />
Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star; DM; WM; ASM.<br />
Pte. Gerald Douglas Willis, First <strong>City</strong>/C.T.H. POW 22.6.1944 Stalag 7A Germany.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
Trios<br />
632. – QSA bar: CC 2281 Pte D. Campbell Cape P.D.I.; EF 800 – 900<br />
BWM; AVM (Bil.) Pte D. Campbell Veteran Regt.<br />
Also entitled to: 1914-15 Star. Donald Campbell. Sold with copies of index card only.<br />
633. – Africa Star; WM; ASM 104194 A.B. Chadband VF 110 – 140<br />
634. – QSA 2 bars: CC, SA’01 453 Tpr. C.F. Goad VF 800 – 900<br />
Warren’s Mtd. Infty.;WM; ASM 278289 C.F. Goad<br />
Charles Frederick Goad. Entitled to BWM; ASM. Sold with photo; service file and cards;<br />
large black wallet with gold embossed letters: “O.F.C. Goad, 8036, Humansdorp”.<br />
635. – DM; WM; ASM N30064 A. Williams F 90 – 100<br />
ASM officially skimmed and impressed. Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star.<br />
Pte. Alfred Williams, N.M.C. served with 106 S.A.G.H. Sold with copied card; service docs.<br />
Four<br />
636. – 1914-15 Star; BWM Burg. G.A.M. Hilhorst EF 300 – 500<br />
Enslins R.; AVM (missing); WM; ASM 95744G.A.M. Hilhorst<br />
Gerrit Adriaan Marie Hilhorst ended WWII as a Lieutenant in the S.A.A.F.<br />
Sold with boxed silver hallmarked Incorp. London Academy of Music ornate badge engr:<br />
“Christmas 1935 singing Arthur W. Ward”;copied card and service documents.<br />
637. – Africa Star; DM; WM; ASM 45403 E.T. Dalton VF 120 – 200<br />
Also entitled to: 1939-45 Star. Edward Thomas Dalton, S.A. Army <strong>Postal</strong> Service.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
638. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM; ASM F 120 – 200<br />
146330 J.B. Diedericks Stars have rings missing; no ribbons.<br />
Signaller Joseph Benjamin Diedericks.Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
639. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with emblem “8”;<br />
VF 120 – 200<br />
Italy Star; ASM 51646 K.H. Wilkinson<br />
Also entitled to: WM. Pte. Kenneth Henry Wilkinson, T.S.C.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
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640. – 1914-15 Star Pte. O.J. Torr B.A.S.C.-B.Train; VF 300 – 500<br />
(BWM missing); AVM (Bil.) Spr. O.J. Torr S.A. Mtd. Engrs.;<br />
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; WM A 216750 O.J. Torr<br />
Oliver James Torr Pte., R&H Brigade.<br />
Sold with copied card; service documents of both wars.<br />
641. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; VF 90 – 120<br />
DM; WM 225357 A.R. Hollingdale<br />
Also entitled to: ASM. Pte. Alfred Reginald HollingdaleT.S.C.<br />
Sold with original medals issue certificate for 6 medals; copied card and service documents.<br />
642. – 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; DM; WM; ASM<br />
576475 G. Readhead VF 120 – 150<br />
Also entitled to: Italy Star. Gavin Readhead.<br />
Sold with copied card and service documents.<br />
Discs only sold as a single lot of 7<br />
643. – QSA (bronze) unnamed G- 80 – 100<br />
BWM P te P.L. Harris S.A.M.C.Sold with copied cards and service documents.;<br />
DM 543600 W.H. Dauberman; WM 152185 A.J. Holtzhausen;<br />
WM N14854 H. Klaas; WM M21729 L. Williams; WM unnamed<br />
FOREIGN MEDALS<br />
Belgium<br />
644. – Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre 1940-1945 VF 70 – 100<br />
with crossed sabres denoting combat service in the 1940 campaign or service in the armed<br />
resistance. (Commemorative <strong>Medal</strong> of the War 1940-1945)<br />
Established 16.2.1945 and awarded for Military service between 10.5. 1940 and 7.5. 1945.<br />
France<br />
645. – Médaille de la Somme 1914-1918-1940 EF 50 – 80<br />
(<strong>Medal</strong> for the Somme) obv: “Batailles de la Somme Juillet-Novembre MCMXVI”<br />
rev: “Combattants de la Somme 1914-1918-1940”<br />
U.S.A.<br />
646. –U.S. Army Military Merit medal unnamed<br />
EF 80 – 150<br />
(in presentation Perspex box)<br />
Sold with American National Red Cross Nurse badge, No. HD6439; original green “United States<br />
of America War Office” folder containing: “Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation<br />
to Alice G. Wallenberg N 723 298 Major Army Nurse Corps” dated 31 July 1967 as well as the<br />
certificate of “Retirement from the Armed Forces of the United States for Alice G. Wallenberg N<br />
723 298 Major Army Nurse Corps” dated 1 August 1967; “Headquarters Carlisle Barracks,<br />
Pennsylvania Meritorious Service in support of the US Army War College” certificate dated 31<br />
July 1967; Department of the Army – “The Army Commendation <strong>Medal</strong> certificated for<br />
Meritorious Service” signed Eugene A. Salet, dated 31 July 1967; Department of the Army – “The<br />
Army Commendation <strong>Medal</strong> for Meritorious Service”, signed Jonathan Seaman, dated 31 July<br />
1967 all named to Major Alice G. Wallenberg; “Army of the United States Retired<br />
Reservecertifying that Major Alice G. Wallenberg N 723 298 has been transferred to the Retired<br />
Reserve in recognition of honourable service and continued interest in the defense of our<br />
nation”, dated 1 August 1967; a booklet Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps by<br />
the U.S. Army Medical Department. Included a brown folder from Saint Michael’s Hospital<br />
Newark, New Jersey containing the Diploma of the St. Michael’s Hospital School of Nursing<br />
awarded to Isabel Rose Wallenberg, dated 9 September 1934; the New Jersey State Board of<br />
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Examiners of Nurses registration certificate No. 9191 for Isabel Rose Wallenberg, dated 15 March<br />
1935 as well as a Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital of Hudson County, Jersey <strong>City</strong>, New Jersey<br />
certificate to Isabel Wallenberg for completion of a 3 months course in Obstetric Nursing, dated 15<br />
July 1934.<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
647. – Zimbabwe Independence <strong>Medal</strong> (18.4.1980)<br />
EF 70 – 100<br />
No. 01772 Mounted for wear.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Badges<br />
648. – LOT of 36 assorted badges to:<br />
VF 300 – 500<br />
NMR; PAG; RNC; KaffrR; BMR; DRA<br />
Documents only<br />
649. – W.A.H. Bansemer 60 – 100<br />
Walter Arthur Henry Bansemer 18.07.1916 Thiepval Memorial<br />
Assorted WWI Military photograph Post Cards with a rough family tree mentioning Bensemer<br />
and Harry Tempany<br />
650. – Harold Rupert Sissons 250 – 300<br />
Assorted lot of documents and publications:London Committee S.A. Red Cross Soc. Next-of-Kin<br />
Parcel receipt; Information sheet: Now that you are here in Britain, you will find there are<br />
Some Worth-WhileThings To Do;Ouma Smuts’welcome; publications: Le Cafard;<br />
Springbok; Our Prisoners-of-War, A Personal Message to the Relatives from Field-Marshal<br />
The Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts; Christmas 1942, from the Vatican Picture Gallery including handwritten<br />
Memorandums by H.R. Sisson; POW News;Our Prisoners of War; The Camp; Second Army<br />
Troops News; To All BritishCommonwealth Ex-Prisoners of War; Back to Civilian Life;<br />
U.D.F. Repatriation Unit.<br />
651. – George Sturgiss 200 – 300<br />
Worn album with many photographs of aircrafts; scenes from Egypt, etc.<br />
Attributed to George Sturgiss 7 th Fighter Squadron.<br />
652. –J. Suk 150 – 200<br />
82675 Joseph Suk (Czech National). Served in Royal West Surrey Regt. from 11 April 1917;<br />
transferred to reserve from 132 Lab. Coy Labour Corps.<br />
Sold with copious original UK military and Czech documents in good to fair condition; photos<br />
of Suk; 2 dog tags.<br />
<strong>Medal</strong>lion<br />
653. – King’s Trophy Competition for Special Distinction EF 100 – 150<br />
NRA Bronze Shooting <strong>Medal</strong> engraved on obverse: P. Sweetnam (cased)<br />
This medal was issued to commemorate the King’s Trophy Competition and to encourage the<br />
youth in the hope that friendly competition and efficient training may help it to forge new links<br />
of Empire, as stated on the reverse as part of the inscription.<br />
It was made by Percy Metcalfe in England in ca. 1925-30.<br />
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ALPHABETICAL SURNAME INDEX<br />
LOT NAME<br />
510. Abercrombie, J.W.<br />
468. Ackerman, D.H.<br />
332. Ackerman, T.P.<br />
330. Adams, W.<br />
348. Adcock, C.J.W.<br />
209. Adriaanse, A.<br />
163. Alcock, A.<br />
139. Allen, R.<br />
458. Allen, S.F.<br />
331. Anderson, A.C.<br />
312. Andrieka, J.<br />
12. Annandale, S.<br />
469. Archibald, G.A.<br />
607. Arries, H.<br />
317. Arthur, C.<br />
83. Atkin, R.G.A.<br />
78. Atkinson, C.W.F.<br />
430. Atkinson, M.G.<br />
523. Austen, D.V.<br />
213. Austin, F.A.<br />
143. Avenant, P.<br />
431. Baisley, E.<br />
649. Bansemer, W.A.H.<br />
41. Barber, A.<br />
19. Barclay, A.<br />
355. Bateman, J.B.<br />
541. Bauer, E.H.<br />
540. Bauer, F.<br />
542. Bauer, H.F.<br />
459. Bekker, S.A.<br />
142. Bell, W.V.<br />
608. Bester, C.M.<br />
3. Beytell, J.F.<br />
470. Bezuidenhout, D.S.<br />
432. Biccard, C.W.T.<br />
433. Biccard, F. de L.<br />
LOT NAME<br />
356. Bickers, W.J.<br />
357. Billing, R.P.<br />
173. Binedell, J.<br />
135. Blatchford, J.R.<br />
524. Blewitt, E.C.<br />
562. Boardman, C.H.<br />
610. Bold, C.R.<br />
471. Bolton, T.V.<br />
568. Bond, W.L.C.<br />
626. Bonthuys, E.<br />
373. Bosch, G.J.K.<br />
42. Bostock, A.H.<br />
166. Bourchier, H.E.<br />
525. Bradfield, M.T.<br />
434. Brady, W.<br />
190. Bramley, L.<br />
98. Brand, E.B.<br />
358. Branfield, H.E.<br />
564. Branfield, L.O.<br />
472. Breetzke, R.E.<br />
192. Brent, C.P.<br />
210. Bresler, F.T.<br />
320. Brookman, C.<br />
374. Brown, C.R.<br />
343. Bruce, J.<br />
435. Bursey, A.B.A.<br />
359. Bursey, H.G.<br />
65. Burt, A.<br />
66. Burt, W.<br />
543. Bushell, F.C.<br />
342. Buss, H.S.<br />
115. Buys, J.M.<br />
436. Byrne, P.P.<br />
460. Calldo, F.N.J.<br />
24. Campbell, A.E.<br />
632. Campbell, D.<br />
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205. Campion, A.H.<br />
70. Carter, W.<br />
624. Cass, J.<br />
633. Chadband, A.B.<br />
532. Chalmers, J.B.<br />
333. Chapman, A.G.<br />
73. Charlton A.O.<br />
144. Christie, C.F.<br />
405. Christie, G.A.<br />
168. Christmas, F.W.<br />
105. Cilliers, P.W.J.<br />
99. Clisdal, J.<br />
106. Cloete, J.P.L.<br />
588. Cloete, N.S.<br />
316. Coetzee, J.G.<br />
593. Coldrey, R.A.<br />
15. Collins, H.<br />
437. Combrink, C.M.<br />
147. Compaan, D.P.du P.<br />
375. Conlon, E.B.<br />
314. Connock, J.<br />
69. Connolly, J.B.<br />
592. Corby, D.P.<br />
63. Cornell, B.M.<br />
611. Costopoulus, D.<br />
601. Cowley, J.W.<br />
61. Cowx, J.B.<br />
360. Cronning, C.W.<br />
334. Crouch, T.<br />
25. Crowe, D.<br />
565. Curwen, J.M.<br />
511. Dalbock, A.E.<br />
637. Dalton, E.T.<br />
438. Dalton, J.P.<br />
643. Dauberman, W.H.<br />
335. Davidson, A.<br />
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LOT NAME<br />
545. Davies, D.H.<br />
439. Davies, J.B.<br />
188. Davies, W.B.<br />
461. de Beer, Z.A.<br />
415. de Bruyn, D.A.L.<br />
222. de la Rey, G.J.<br />
103. de la Rey, J.H.<br />
473. de Villiers, H.P.<br />
408. de Villiers, R.<br />
107. Deetlefs, D.H.<br />
184. Dexter, T.<br />
421. Deysel, A.B.<br />
376. Dicks, S.<br />
638. Diedericks, J.B.<br />
20. Diffin, J.<br />
136. Din, U.<br />
440. Dingle, E.V.<br />
64. Doran, P.M.<br />
44. Dougherty, R.H.<br />
36. Douglas, W.<br />
54. Doyle, R.V.<br />
34. Drummond, H.<br />
416. du Plessis, C.J.<br />
441. du Preez, J.<br />
97. du Toit, S.F.<br />
160. Du Toit, W.<br />
35. D'Uminy, B.F.<br />
612. Duncan-Brown, I.S.<br />
140. Dunhill, W.H.C.<br />
474. Durant, F.J.<br />
214. Durant, L.J.<br />
627. Durbach, M.<br />
182. Edwardes, R.O. de A.<br />
197. Elliott, F.G.<br />
377. Elliott, T.<br />
512. Elliott, T.B.<br />
442. Els, N.C.<br />
227. Elsdon, G.R.<br />
LOT NAME<br />
566. Emmott, M.P.<br />
4. Erasmus, F.J.<br />
174. Erasmus, L.A.<br />
5. Esterhuizen, J.C.<br />
308. Estment, A.<br />
443. Estment, B.S.<br />
1. Evans, E.<br />
170. Fagan, J.<br />
613. Falconer, D.F.<br />
151. Fensham, F.<br />
378. Ferreira, D.H.<br />
217. Ferreira, E.<br />
196. Ferreira, I.S.<br />
378. Ferreira,R.H.<br />
513. Fillis, R.<br />
321. Fisher, R.P.<br />
422. Foster, D.J.<br />
546. Fourie, J.J.<br />
401. Foxcroft, C.R.<br />
572. Frame, W.H.<br />
72. Franklin, E.<br />
39. Fry, E.<br />
602. Furlong, C. le Strange<br />
59. Gemmel, E.M.<br />
595. Gibhard, P.J.<br />
554. Gibson, W.<br />
183. Gilbey, C.<br />
6. Gildenhuys, J.P.C.<br />
361. Giles, L.E.<br />
232. Gilson, T.P.H.<br />
557. Giovanni, J.<br />
634. Goad, C.F.<br />
55. Goatley, E.O.<br />
379. Goddard, A.<br />
172. Godfrey, H.<br />
211. Godfrey, V.J.<br />
134. Goldwyre, A.<br />
215. Golightly, F.W.<br />
126<br />
126<br />
LOT NAME<br />
145. Goodes, M.<br />
526. Goold, J.R.<br />
21. Goord, C.<br />
177. Gorman, R.M.D.<br />
193. Gottschalk, C.<br />
336. Gouws, J.H.<br />
444. Grattan, R.A.<br />
533. Gray, D.J.<br />
614. Griesel, E.L.<br />
475. Griffiths, C.L.<br />
137. Griffiths, G.<br />
319. Griffiths, H.<br />
18. Grimes, C.<br />
409. Gubb, J.G.<br />
326. Gull, J.W.<br />
198. Gunnell, G.<br />
33. Hall, J.<br />
230. Hamilton, J.V.<br />
223. Handley, S.L.<br />
52. Harding, A.W.<br />
476. Harris, G.<br />
547. Harris, J.<br />
548. Harris, J.M.<br />
643. Harris, P.L.<br />
203. Harry, F.W.<br />
445. Hart, S.P.<br />
417. Harvey, R.O.<br />
149. Haselan, O.A.<br />
527. Hawes, G.T.<br />
313. Hawkins, W.<br />
477. Haynes, R.G.<br />
315. Hazel, J.<br />
396. Heath, C.V.<br />
560. Hefer, J.E.<br />
23. Hemming, H.<br />
306. Henderson, F.<br />
47. Hennesy, F.W.<br />
478. Heny, D.E.
LOT NAME<br />
636. Hilhorst, G.A.M.<br />
344. Hill, G.S.<br />
191. Hill, W.J.<br />
325. Hinds, J.<br />
327. Hockey, W.H.<br />
199. Hodkinson, E.<br />
204. Holland, A.F.<br />
641. Hollingdale, A.R.<br />
266. Hollow<br />
479. Holmes, A.N.<br />
480. Holmes, C.D.<br />
218. Holthauzen, C.A.<br />
643. Holtzhausen, A.J.<br />
218. Holzhauzen, C.A.<br />
590. Hopkins, L.B.<br />
303. Horn, J.H.<br />
307. Howgrave-Graham, A.H.<br />
337. Howse, R.R.P.<br />
528. Hudson, P.<br />
79. Hunt, J.<br />
362. Hunt, W.J.<br />
60. Hunter, C.W.<br />
31. Hunter, E.H.<br />
14. Hutt, C.H.<br />
380. Hutton, K.M.<br />
167. Inglethorpe, C.W.<br />
481. Izally, S.N.<br />
615. January, J.<br />
462. Jasson, H.W.<br />
534. Jenkins, S.<br />
216. Johnstone, G.R.<br />
514. Joiner, R.A.<br />
529. Jooste, M.<br />
423. Jordaan, A.<br />
178. Jordan, G.<br />
515. Joubert, J.L.<br />
132. Keenan, H.<br />
7. Keet, J.P. de W.<br />
LOT<br />
NAME<br />
156. Kessel, H.<br />
482. Kessell, W.A.<br />
516. Kettledas, P.<br />
483. Kew, E.W.<br />
550. Keys, A.F.<br />
549. Keys, A.L.<br />
484. Kietzmann, D.B.<br />
349. King, F.<br />
310. King, W.R.<br />
643. Klaas, H.<br />
138. Klotzke, E.<br />
411. Klue, H.W.<br />
338. Knight, J.C.<br />
424. Knoetze, L.<br />
616. Koloza, J.<br />
485. Korte, V.<br />
148. Kruger, N.W.<br />
133. Kuhlman, W.E.<br />
382. Labuschagne, A.J.P.<br />
363. Lambert, B.A.<br />
37. Lamprey, J.<br />
400. Latimer, A.<br />
419. Lawrence,<br />
323. Lawson, C.<br />
426. Lawson, J.<br />
219. Leishman, J.A.<br />
364. Lemmon, F.<br />
302. Lewis, C.E.<br />
517. Lewis, R.K.<br />
322. Liesching, C.F.<br />
381. Liesching, F.W.<br />
304. Liesching, L.H.<br />
71. Lindsay, J.<br />
153. Lloyd, A.P.<br />
22. Lockeridge, J.<br />
49. Lockyer, G.E.<br />
397. Lorentz, T.A.N.<br />
179. Lovatt, J.D.<br />
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127<br />
LOT<br />
NAME<br />
345. Luck, H.F.<br />
395. Ludwig, H.R.<br />
157. Lund, R.J.<br />
486. Luppnow, O.I.<br />
346. Luus, W.A.<br />
32. Lynch, J.J.<br />
535. Mabambimpisi<br />
328. MacPherson, J.<br />
488. Macready, J.C.<br />
84. Maitland, G.L.<br />
536. Mangena, N.<br />
537. Mapala, F.<br />
551. Mapham, J.A.<br />
551. Mapham, J.A.<br />
2. Marais, D.P.<br />
150. Marais, W.J.<br />
489. Maree, J.P.J.<br />
30. Martin, H.<br />
224. Massey, A.V.<br />
446. Massey, W.B.<br />
212. Mathew, A.C.H.<br />
161. Maude, J.<br />
28. Maynard, J.G.<br />
100. Mayne, M.M.<br />
447. McDonald, H.J.<br />
448. McGregor, O.R.J.<br />
200. McIntyre, A.J.<br />
383. McMillan, J.W.<br />
26. Meyer, J.<br />
384. Meyer, R.W.<br />
617. Middleton, R.P.<br />
311. Mildenhall, J.<br />
490. Miles, J.Y.<br />
491. Minnaar, E.F.<br />
589. Möll, M.J.L.<br />
386. Morgan, A.F.<br />
201. Morgan, C.J.<br />
385. Morgan, H.E.<br />
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LOT NAME<br />
365. Mortensen, H.J.<br />
492. Mortimer, R.W.S.<br />
146. Moss, G.<br />
58. Mowat, G.<br />
493. Murdoch, D.M.<br />
77. Murray, J.H.<br />
449. Nel, F.J.<br />
387. Nel, P.W.<br />
388. Nelson, E.C.<br />
56. Nelson, F.<br />
494. Nicholls, J.W.<br />
108. Niemandt, A.D.<br />
185. Odell, C.<br />
618. O'Donovan, J.C.<br />
450. Ogden, H.E.<br />
171. Oldfield, E.<br />
625. Olds, W.A.<br />
579. Oosthuizen, A.S.<br />
619. Oosthuizen, B.V.<br />
495. Oosthuizen, M.G.<br />
487. Page Macdonald, J.V.<br />
558. Palmer, G.<br />
180. Parkin, A.E.<br />
10. Pearce, A.<br />
366. Peasley, E.<br />
389. Pendlebury, J.<br />
50. Penery, E.L.<br />
186. Penfold, A.<br />
57. Pepper, M.<br />
620. Peter, K.L.<br />
518. Petzer, C.A.<br />
604. Phelan, D.<br />
451. Philander, M.<br />
194. Pietersen, E.<br />
175. Poacher, J.<br />
530. Pohl, R.A.K.<br />
195. Pollock, J.D.<br />
452. Power, E.O.C.<br />
LOT NAME<br />
101. Preston, A.A.<br />
496. Pretorius, D.J. Du P.<br />
594. Pretorius, G.<br />
109. Pretorius, J.<br />
497. Pringle, J.<br />
110. Prinsloo, J.J.L.<br />
597. Prinsloo, N.J.<br />
551. Prout, J.M.<br />
463. Prowse, W.G.<br />
621. Radley, R.J.<br />
498. Rattray, J.W.<br />
642. Readhead, G.<br />
225. Redshaw, J.<br />
68. Reed, L.J.<br />
67. Reed, N.<br />
367. Reeves, T.<br />
158. Reid, E.C.<br />
598. Rich, P.J.<br />
233. Richards, F.T.<br />
234. Richards, J.H.<br />
499. Ridgway, C.O.<br />
464. Rive, N.I.<br />
152. Roach, W.V.<br />
500. Roberts, D.C.<br />
538. Robinson, C.<br />
402. Robinson, M.G.<br />
220. Rogers, G.S.<br />
339. Rogers, H.R.<br />
390. Rogers, R.E.<br />
231. Roux, A.P.<br />
391. Roy, E.<br />
40. Royeppen, M.<br />
85. Ruff, R.R.<br />
43. Russell, A.E.<br />
62. Russell, C.O.<br />
76. Ryden, L.G.H.<br />
392. Schlodder, F.J.<br />
591. Schlodder, M.J.F.<br />
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128<br />
LOT NAME<br />
393. Schmidt, W.E.<br />
111. Scholtz, S.C.<br />
235. Scott, G.<br />
207. Scott, J.<br />
628. Seager, D.A.<br />
501. Selby, E.G.<br />
368. Selby, M.H.<br />
502. Shelver, C.J.<br />
369. Shepherd, T.E.<br />
102. Sherman, H.J.<br />
51. Sieger, A.S.<br />
605. Sims-Baker, R.J.<br />
53. Sisam, W.<br />
650. Sissons, H.R.<br />
309. Sjoberg, A.B.<br />
609. Slade, L.S.<br />
169. Slater, W.F.<br />
503. Smit, E.J.<br />
394. Smith, C.J.<br />
398. Smith, D.J.<br />
340. Smith, E.D.<br />
38. Smith, J.A.J.<br />
570 Smuts-Erasmus, K.F.<br />
504. Snow, D.H.A.<br />
519. Snyers, K.<br />
104. Snyman, C.G.<br />
559. Soyamba, I.<br />
556. Spence, E.B.<br />
181. Stanley, A.<br />
324. Stevenson, J.H.<br />
552. Stevenson, P.A.<br />
112. Steyn, D.G.<br />
453. Steyn, J.<br />
189. Steytler, W.J.A.<br />
465. Stone, A.V.B.<br />
428. Stringer, R.J.<br />
505. Strydom, R.<br />
17. Stuart, P.
LOT NAME<br />
651. Sturgiss, G.<br />
629. Stuurman, J.<br />
652. Suk, J.<br />
155. Sutherland, A.S.L.<br />
176. Sutherland, H.J.<br />
399. Sweetman, H.<br />
653. Sweetnam, P.<br />
228. Taljaard, J.A.<br />
412. Tangee, A.<br />
352. Tarr, C.M.<br />
154. Tarr, J.R.<br />
539. Tawandira<br />
454. Taylor, H.L.<br />
187. Taylor, R.<br />
429. Thiel, G.P.<br />
164. Thomas, H.<br />
553. Thomson, C.E.<br />
45. Thomson, J.<br />
553. Thomson, J.<br />
567. Thomson, R.A.<br />
370. Thorsen, W.W.<br />
571. Tobin, M.<br />
640. Torr, O.J.<br />
466. Toughey, L.I.<br />
506. Townsend, P.<br />
300. Trubshaw, H.A.<br />
350. Truscott, W.A.<br />
371. Truter, G.B.<br />
544. Underwood, N.G.<br />
116. van Breda, H.W.<br />
507. van der Merwe, W.N.<br />
563. van der Merwe, W.S.<br />
596. van der Walt, A.J.<br />
351. van der Walt, D.<br />
221. van Dyk, D.S.<br />
113. van Kraayenberg, G.F.A.<br />
114. van Rensburg, C.A.J.<br />
347. van Tonder, A.J.<br />
LOT NAME<br />
508. van Tonder, C.C.<br />
520. van Wyk, A.M.<br />
600. van Wyk, A.W.<br />
630. van Zyl, J.C.<br />
413. van Zyl, J.J.<br />
372. Venter, A.J.<br />
599. Venter, J.<br />
8. Venter, J.M.<br />
206. Versfeld, J.M.<br />
521. Vezasie, R.<br />
522. Victor, J.C.<br />
13. Victor, T.G.<br />
531. Voss, J.<br />
82. Wade, J.H.<br />
646. Wallenberg, A.G.<br />
159. Wallin, F.<br />
46. Warren, C.<br />
229. Watson, J.C.<br />
86. Webb, E.A.<br />
29. Webb, T.J.<br />
341. Welgemoed, A.J.<br />
561. Welham, W.<br />
11. Welsh, T.<br />
425. White, T.A.C.<br />
455. Wiggill, W.I.<br />
467. Wiggill, W.T.<br />
329. Wilcock, A.<br />
569. Wild, T.J.<br />
639. Wilkinson, K.H.<br />
202. Willey, G.C.<br />
635. Williams, A.<br />
643. Williams, L.<br />
418. Williams, W.<br />
631. Willis, G.D.<br />
81. Wilson, C.<br />
456. Wilson, E.L.R.<br />
9. Winson, W.<br />
16. Winton, C.W.<br />
129<br />
129<br />
LOT NAME<br />
48. Wisking, W.<br />
318. Wood, J.H.<br />
165. Wood, W.J.N.<br />
162. Woodhouse, W.<br />
208. Worsfold, A.<br />
226. Wright, R.H.<br />
141. Yates, H.<br />
509. Young, A.W.<br />
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BIDDING GUIDELINES: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS<br />
This <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> features a special bidding system that has been in place for 46 years. It has led to<br />
unexpected benefits for many a bidder. Nothing ventured, nothing gained: so send in your bid(s) - and<br />
see what happens! Refer as well to the Conditions of Sale on the next page.<br />
Q: WHAT ARE THE BIDDING ADVANTAGES OF THE CITY COINS POSTAL AUCTION<br />
A: With any live <strong>Auction</strong> you are bound to the numerical sequence of the catalogue lot numbers. If<br />
you are interested in a lot that is in the middle (or the end of the catalogue) and you lose out in<br />
acquiring it you are not able to go back to a lot that is in the beginning of the catalogue. With a<br />
<strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> you can manage your bid in a number of ways:<br />
- You can indicate your priorities irrespective of numerical sequence.<br />
- You can add notes that if you are not successful in your first choice you can increase your bid<br />
on the items that follow by either a percentage value or a stipulated amount. Many bidders are<br />
confronted with an amount in excess of their budget providing they acquire all items – with a<br />
<strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> the <strong>Auction</strong>eer can act on your behalf.<br />
Contact me personally regarding budget payment options (if required).<br />
- The bidder can ensure a degree of success by notifying the auctioneer of the wish list/and or<br />
budget. You can also in terms of your priority list specify a total amount that you wish to spend<br />
and how it should be spent.<br />
- “Buy at best” or “unlimited amount” bids are not allowed.<br />
- You can bid any amount (i.e. R1217 or R63) as you are not limited to set bid increments.<br />
Q: HOW DO I COMPLETE THE BIDDING FORM<br />
A: Print your name and contact details, including phone numbers which are essential, clearly on the<br />
enclosed bidding form (if submitting a P.O. Box number, please supply an alternative street address<br />
for courier delivery purposes in the event of a successful bid) and then enter the lot number(s) you<br />
wish to bid on in numerical sequence (where possible) with a brief description and maximum bid<br />
amount, e.g. lot ZZZ, Six medals to Smith, RZZZ.<br />
Please sign and date the form. Fax or e-mail us your bid sooner rather than later to ensure that you<br />
are in the front of the queue. You can increase or decrease your bid anytime without losing your<br />
place in the queue. Bids are recorded as they reach us, taking date and time into consideration.<br />
Please confirm that your bids have been received and recorded.<br />
Q: HOW DO I SUBMIT MY BID<br />
A: Submit your bids to <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong> in any of the following ways:<br />
FAX: (+27) (0)21 4253939 EMAIL: auctions@citycoins.co.za<br />
PHONE: (+27) (0)21 4252639 (24hr answering service) followed by written confirmation<br />
MAIL: If your bid is via the postal service only THEN TO ENSURE THAT YOUR BIDS REACH US<br />
TIMEOUSLY, POST YOUR BIDS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO AVOID DELAYS.<br />
Q: HOW ARE MY BIDS RECORDED BY CITY COINS<br />
A: Bids are entered in the bid book, in strict confidentiality, according to date and time received.<br />
Q: HOW ARE BIDS ADJUDICATED<br />
A: A specific lot is allocated to the person with the highest bid by means of an increment above the<br />
second highest bid received and not for the maximum bid unless the margin between the previous<br />
bid and highest bid is minimal. Lots are always knocked down at one notch above the second<br />
highest bid or at the reserve price (if only one bid is recorded).If identical top bids are received<br />
from different bidders, the first bid received will be deemed to be successful. As a purely <strong>Postal</strong><br />
<strong>Auction</strong> there is no “ghost” bidder.<br />
The closing of the <strong>Auction</strong> is done personally by Natalie Jaffe (who has finalised the <strong>Auction</strong>s for<br />
44 years) and this takes time as the computer does not note individual bidding requests. Therefore<br />
the final results can take a while; your patience would be appreciated. We will endeavour to post<br />
the first provisional list of prices realised late Monday afternoon.<br />
The auction can be viewed on www.citycoins.com<br />
E-mail your queries to Natalie Jaffe at nataliejaffe@citycoins.co.za<br />
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CONDITIONS OF SALE<br />
1. The closing date of this <strong>Auction</strong> is Friday, the 20 th December 2013, 17.00 hrs. (S.A.).<br />
2. In these conditions “the auctioneer” means CITY COINS cc, Cape Town.<br />
3. The <strong>Auction</strong> is conducted solely as a <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> and prices quoted against each lot are estimates<br />
in South African Rands. Bids should be made in South African Rands.<br />
4. <strong>Medal</strong>s may be viewed by appointment at CITY COINS. Scans can be e-mailed on request.<br />
5. Fax, telephone or e-mail your bids. Telephone bids however must be confirmed in writing! Fax and<br />
E-mail bids are accepted as confirmed. We cannot accept responsibility for mistakes. There is a 24-<br />
hour telephone answering service. Confirmation will be e-mailed to you in respect of bids received.<br />
6. TEL: +27 (0)21 4252639 : FAX: +27 (0)21 4253939 : E-MAIL: auctions@citycoins.co.za<br />
7. Clients are asked to note that the auctioneer cannot be held responsible for any late submission of<br />
bids by fax nor any misinterpretation of bids due to any irregularities in the figures expressed on the<br />
fax document. Bids placed by fax should be confirmed immediately by airmail post.<br />
8. An auction bid form is included. Please record lot number(s) with the prospective bid(s). Return your<br />
bid form sooner rather than later, as bids are recorded in the order that they are received. If two bids<br />
are received for the same amount, the bidder whose bid form arrived first, is the buyer.<br />
9. In the event of several bids being received for any one item: - the highest bidder will be the<br />
successful buyer. Lots are knocked down at one increment above the nearest bid. The auctioneer<br />
accepts that the bids given are the maximum figures that the bidder is prepared to pay for any lot. In<br />
the event of only one bid being received for a lot; that item will be knocked down automatically at<br />
the lower estimate.<br />
10. Clients interested in a number of lots, but only wishing to spend a limited amount, are invited to enter<br />
their bids in the usual way, stating clearly the maximum amount, which the auctioneer may have at<br />
her discretion. Please indicate preferences.<br />
11. If you wish to bid on a choice of two items: - clearly mark the bid form “either / or”.<br />
12. By bidding, the buyer acknowledges acceptance of these conditions and shall be bound by them.<br />
13. All bids are handled in the strictest of confidence.<br />
14. Bidders will receive notification after the <strong>Auction</strong> as to the outcome of their bids. Successful buyers<br />
will be advised of the amount due, the invoice will be in South African Rands and relevant charges<br />
will be added to the account. Payment is due on receipt of invoice.<br />
15. The buyer’s premium is 15%.<br />
16. The 14% VAT will be added to the 15% buyer’s premium only.<br />
17. Successful bidders may pay by cheque, direct electronic transfer, banker’s draft or credit card. We<br />
recommend the SWIFT transfer for clients abroad or direct electronic transfer for clients within<br />
South Africa. <strong>City</strong> <strong>Coins</strong>’ account details will be provided on the successful statements.<br />
Please fax proof of payment to +27 (0)21 4253939 or email auctions@citycoins.co.za.<br />
18. Once the auctioneer has received payment, the item(s) will be despatched by registered mail, at<br />
buyer’s risk, unless otherwise instructed. A door-to-door courier service is available for buyers in<br />
South Africa and worldwide, at buyer’s risk, unless otherwise instructed. Insurance is available on<br />
request. Respective charges will be listed on successful statements.<br />
19. For clients unknown to the auctioneer:- the right is reserved for all payments by cheque to be cleared<br />
before the despatch of goods.<br />
20. All successful buyers on a <strong>Postal</strong> <strong>Medal</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> have a three week return privilege (which includes<br />
return posting). A full refund will be given, provided that notification is given to the auctioneer prior<br />
to sending as to the reason for the return. Item(s) must be returned to the auctioneer free from<br />
handling marks and in the condition in which they were received.<br />
21. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of description against the lot enumerated. All statements<br />
in the catalogue concerning authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, age, condition or quality,<br />
are statements of opinion and are not to be taken as, or implying statements of representations of fact.<br />
The information provided is, to the best of the auctioneer’s knowledge and belief, correct.<br />
22. In all matters relating to this auction the final decision made by the auctioneer will be binding.<br />
The laws of South Africa shall govern matters connected with this auction, including these conditions<br />
of sale.<br />
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