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That was an excellent combined effort. It is remarkably easy to read when you know what it says!

Thank you all for your contributions - I still need the word(s) just after "loyalty" -

Here is what we have thus far:

“He is a remarkable man who, though over 60, has the energy and alertness of a much younger man. He has personality and character and his outstanding qualities are loyalty…. For a man of his fine service dated back to 1897 it would seem fitting were he promoted to Commander on the Retired List,”

Regards

Rory

"& integrity." ?? at least it makes sense.

Suggestions please.

Many thanks

Dave

Does this help?

Geldenhuis Deep Gold Mine, Germiston, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

And in the same vein (pun intended)

During the war the Gouverment of the ZAR issued paper money (“Gouvernement’s Noten) to prevent the treasury would run out of gold reserves. The paper money was printed in 6 denominations (1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Pond) and issued from Pretoria (in 1900), Pietersburg (1901) and Pelgrim’s Rest (1902 the so called “Te Velde” Issue which only consisted of the 3 lowest denominations). Some of these noten were used by the Boer commando’s in the field to pay for supplies. If a noot was issued by a Boer commando, it was not unusual that it carried a text on the back along the lines of “Issued for ZAR military purpose,” Issued on commando for the payment of goods”, “Issued for valid/honest reason.”etc. These noten were, with few exceptions, never dated and always signed by a Veld Kornet or higher rank together with name and sometimes the commando unit the signer belonged to. Often shunned by purist banknote collectors who consider any annotation graffiti that down-grades the noot, I think these are noten are more desirable than the examples without text as they provide hooks for research.

In this context I would like to know if any member can help me decipher the name of the Field Cornet in the attached picture, The text states: Uitgegaan voor Krijgs Diens der ZAR, V.C. ??
(Issued for war requirements of the ZAR)





Remarks: The OVS did not issue paper money during the war and the commando’s in the field normally just issued handwritten I.O.U.’s when they took goods without paying hard coin. Nonetheless the Kruger Government assisted the OVS with the cost of the war and it is known that beside Gold Ponden thousands of Gouvernement’s Noten were handed to President Steijn and his Commanders on at least two occasions. So, although the VC was most likely member of a Transvaal Commando, it is not entirely impossible that it concerns an OVS officer.

During the war, burgers (Boer fighters without rank) could temporarily have acted as VC and reverted to burger status afterwards. This could mean that the VC in question is not necessarily listed as such on the ABO/DTD medal rolls.