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A Wepener trio advertised on eBay



Described as:

QSA CLASPS WITTEBERGEN-TRANSVAAL-WEPENER-CAPE COLONY, BWM, BI-LINGUAL VICTORY MEDAL.QSA - Named to: 341 PTE R.G,D. FIELDING KAFFRN RIFLESBWM - SJT R.G.D. FIELDING S.A.M.A.VIC - SJT R.G.D. FIELDING 9TH S.A.R.Mounted on card for display, GVF

How usual is it for South African BWM and VM to have different naming?

Not unusual at all David. From what i recall the BWM normally reflects the last regiment a man was with as well as his highest rank

Thank you, Rory. I am more accustomed to the BWM and VM being named in the same way. I will look out for this more now.

I was looking today at the QSA to Pte E M Hartigan, Kaffrarian Rifles on ebay. It has been listed for nearly 3 years now and at £770 it is unlikely to move any time soon.

Pte Hartigan received QSA (4) CC Wep Tr Witt. He was discharged 5 August 1900.

It is a more pleasing clasp to buy as a pair of medals, certainly for that sort of money, I would want a KSA issued from the roll of a good regiment such as Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.

My first record for Hartigan's QSA on the market is from 1977 with an auctioneer/dealer called Cocksedge when it sold for GBP168, which according to www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/articl...ey-changed-1900.html is worth £ 1,190.29 in today's money.

The moral of the story - don't invest in medals!