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It sold at DNW in 2014 for £30k.

Thanks Meurig......

I was talking to a fellow collector who gave me that information...... That is all he collects is BSAC, Defence of Mafeking and being an ex-member of BSAP medals to that unit...... And he was working from memory......

Mike

Hi All,

A recent purchase from DNW's auction.

QSA with DoL clasp to Pte J A Cowan, Ladysmith Town Guard. It will sit nicely next the QSA with DoL clasp to Pte G Cowan, Ladysmith Town Guard.

Now to hunt down the medal to R Cowan.

Cheers,

Jim

Any chance they're related Jim?

I have no idea Rory. At a guess I would say yes. The chance of three members of a small unit with the same surname not being related even distantly would be remote. There is a fourth Cowan who served in the NVAC and his QSA was auctioned by DNW some years back.
I will have to obtain copies of their enlistment papers to see if there are similar nok.
Cheers,
Jim

Another member of the Bassage family from the next DNW auction.


Picture courtesy of DNW

QSA (1) DoL (575 Tpr: W. F. Bassage. Natal Carbnrs:)

Walter Frederick Bassage was born in August 1882, son of John Thomas Bassage. He died of enteric fever at Ntombi Spruit camp, Ladysmith, on 24 December 1899.