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Hi Saxon



Well, it's possible... but I'm aware of the difficulties orthochromatic film causes (look at the colour of that red dress uniform).

I was also wondering if the little spacer nubs on some of the QSA/KSA bars had been removed so that they would sit more comfortably as double height bars? Anybody ever seen anything like that?

Cheers, Colin

Hi, sorry for disturb
I was wondering if anyone knows exactly when and how the Boer War medals were issued to British soldiers who fought in South Africa.

The first medals issued in bulk were in January of 1901 to The Lord Strathconas Horse by King Edward VII..... The last from what I have read was in 1942.......

Mike

Most of those had the dates on the reverse right?

Colin
Regarding your 20978, I know of one example (illustrated herewith) where the recipient (Capt. D. Maxwell, DSO, ILH) had the clasps on his QSA mounted in a block with the "ears" of the clasps removed. Apparently, this type of mounting was called "cavalry style". I really have no idea why this was done; save to say that - given his extensive service and participation in the Gun Hill Raid and at Wagon Hill - he could do pretty much what he liked with his QSA as far as I am concerned!
Regarding the initial pic that commenced this topic, Originally I looked at the pic and thought re the second of his trio "ah ha, Tibet medal!". Of course, first impression was wrong.
I once attended a number of courses, etc, concerning enlargement/enhancement of digital images and my attendance was strictly for evidence based purposes. The better the camera set-up and enhancement process (i.e., the more it cost!), the better the derived images. However, even the best equipment working on a much enlarged image on old film stock or one made up of dot images will turn out poor results. If the chap shown as possibly "Tim" had his medal clasps mounted like Capt Maxwell, any shine on the clasps would give a misleading image. Even if "Tim" had his medal clasps mounted normally, light reflecting off them may give a misleading image.
It is highly likely that others on the Forum would be able to give a better explanation of the likely effect of the photo enhancement of an old pic.
I hope my comments help a bit.
Regards
IL.

LinneyI wrote: Colin
Regarding your 20978, I know of one example (illustrated herewith) where the recipient (Capt. D. Maxwell, DSO, ILH) had the clasps on his QSA mounted in a block with the "ears" of the clasps removed. Apparently, this type of mounting was called "cavalry style". I really have no idea why this was done; save to say that - given his extensive service and participation in the Gun Hill Raid and at Wagon Hill - he could do pretty much what he liked with his QSA as far as I am concerned!
Regarding the initial pic that commenced this topic, Originally I looked at the pic and thought re the second of his trio "ah ha, Tibet medal!". Of course, first impression was wrong.
I once attended a number of courses, etc, concerning enlargement/enhancement of digital images and my attendance was strictly for evidence based purposes. The better the camera set-up and enhancement process (i.e., the more it cost!), the better the derived images. However, even the best equipment working on a much enlarged image on old film stock or one made up of dot images will turn out poor results. If the chap shown as possibly "Tim" had his medal clasps mounted like Capt Maxwell, any shine on the clasps would give a misleading image. Even if "Tim" had his medal clasps mounted normally, light reflecting off them may give a misleading image.
It is highly likely that others on the Forum would be able to give a better explanation of the likely effect of the photo enhancement of an old pic.
I hope my comments help a bit.
Regards
IL.

Your comments are very useful - thank you! And your QSA image really does show how closely the clasps could sit together when modified. Nice pic as well! I've asked the guy who owns the photo if he could possibly do a high-res scan of just that area, but I fear that the info just isn't in the image.

Here's what I could do with a little unsharp-mask in my graphics programme - you can see the horizontal lines... just.