BillyH Posted 9 January , 2019 Share Posted 9 January , 2019 Not very well up on Boer War medals! I am researching a Sgt in the Great War who had previously served with the Lancashire Fusiliers in South Africa (enlisted 1899). I attach a scrap of the medal roll for him below, and so can I ask one of the experts to confirm (or otherwise) if this man was awarded the King's or Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal. And is that the correct way to write it down please? BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 9 January , 2019 Share Posted 9 January , 2019 Billy That roll is for the Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps "Cape Colony", "Orange Free State", "Transvaal" and "South Africa 1902". As the SA1902 clasp is on the QSA I would assume that he wasn't eligible for the King's South African Medal. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 9 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2019 That's great Steve - much appreciated! BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffnut453 Posted 9 January , 2019 Share Posted 9 January , 2019 Sorry for jumping on this thread but I have a photo of possibly a Lancs Fusilier with QSAM. Would the clasps be represented on the medal ribbon bar that was sewn onto the uniform? I only ask because the QSAM is visible in the photo I have of the man but there aren't any clasps visible. Thanks in advance, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 9 January , 2019 Share Posted 9 January , 2019 No they're attached to the medal ribbon from which the medal hangs Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffnut453 Posted 9 January , 2019 Share Posted 9 January , 2019 Thanks Tony. That's what I'd suspected but I thought I'd seen somewhere that the clasps were represented, perhaps by rosettes, on the ribbon bar. Happy to know the clasps were only seen on the actual medal ribbon itself...and thanks for the quick reply. Kind regards, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medaler Posted 10 January , 2019 Share Posted 10 January , 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, ajsmith said: No they're attached to the medal ribbon from which the medal hangs Tony To be more accurate, the bars on a Queen's South Africa (and many other medals) are riveted together at the sides to form a chain, and the bottom bar is also attached to the suspension bar of the medal itself. The ribbon is threaded behind the front of the bars, around the suspension bar of the medal, and then passes back up behind the bars. Mike Edited 10 January , 2019 by Medaler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullerTurner Posted 11 January , 2019 Share Posted 11 January , 2019 No rosette is worn on the QSAM or the KSAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 11 January , 2019 Share Posted 11 January , 2019 On 10/01/2019 at 09:34, ajsmith said: No they're attached to the medal ribbon from which the medal hangs Tony Good example here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_South_Africa_Medal regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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