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An interesting item from the next Noonan's auction. They state that all except the CC clasp is a copy

It looks to me like all the clasps are copies.

I have added a genuine CC clasp to the bottom of the image

A copy Driefontein clasp correctly identified by Noonan's. An original Driefontein clasp is shown below.

A copy SA01 clasp correctly identified by Noonan's. An original clasp is shown below.

Three copy clasps all identified as such by Noonan's


Picture courtesy of Noonan's

A SA02 clasp identified by Lockdales as a copy


Picture courtesy of Lockdales

A lot of modern copy clasps.



Described as:

Copy Clasps: A large selection of copy clasps for the Queen’s South Africa Medal: Rhodesia (10); Relief of Mafeking (18); Talana (13); Defence of Kimberley (11); Elandslaagte (9); Defence of Ladysmith (8); Belmont (10); Modder River (13); Natal (10); Relief of Kimberley (6); Paardeberg (15); Relief of Ladysmith (15); Driefontein (16); Wepener (12); Defence of Mafeking (16); Johannesburg (15); Laing’s Nek (20); Diamond Hill (13); Wittebergen (24); Belfast (18); and South Africa 1902 (20), all stamped ‘copy’; together with three copy ‘Fort Detroit’ clasps for the Military General Service Medal (these three lacking top lugs and unmarked), all of modern manufacture, extremely fine as produced (lot)