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General Gordon 1948 wrote: on the reverse it states that it was issued in tins of tobacco.

Malcolm,

Great find.
By the way, my tin came with the ealier unnumbered 1884 Egypt Medal card (as shown next to the tin). I included the numbered Transvaal Star card as evidence that the medal series was printed in 1900, before the design of the Queen's South Africa Medal was known. I see now that my post was a bit misleading...

Neville

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Hi Neville,

No Problem, I thought your comment regarding the unissued medal to be a fair point, I just found a fine example of the card and it has just arrived. Assuming as you point out that this predated the QSA,KSA medal issue I thought it to be a fair bet.
Regards
Malc

Good Morning General G......

Take a look at these threads on both the BWF and BMF, with regards to your card and test medal......

www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...h-africa-medal#78457

britishmedalforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20059&start=0

Mike

PS Still looking for a piece of the original ribbon as I know there is some out there.......

Just found this photograph that formed part of the War Hat's exhibition depicting a card from the medal collection by F &J Smith.
The evidence looks to be quite compelling !

Malc

Just found this listing from Sally Bosley's badge shop, Its for a empty tin with the original presentation card .
It will be worth hanging on to an example if it achieves the asking price !



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