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City Coins We Are Privileged to Offer Two Exceptional Medals for the Zulu War INDEX PG NO PREFACE .............................................................................................................. 4 - 7 ALPHABETICAL SURNAME INDEX ............................................................... 135 - 137 BIDDING GUIDELINES, CONDITIONS OF SALE, BIDDING FORM ......... 141 - 144 LOT NO VICTORIAN MEDALS 1834 – 1897 ............................................................ 1 - 21 ANGLO BOER WAR 1899 – 1902 Defence of Mafeking ............................................................................................... 22 - 24 Defence of Kimberley .............................................................................................. 25 - 29 Siege of Beaconsfield ............................................................................................... 30 - 31 Lord Strathcona’s Horse .......................................................................................... 32 - 33 General ..................................................................................................................... 34 - 39 Defence of O’okiep .................................................................................................. 40 St. John’s Brigade medal ......................................................................................... 41 Transport medal ....................................................................................................... 42 - 43 Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst ................................................................................. 44 - 45 Anglo Boere Oorlog medals ..................................................................................... 46 - 49 Scandinavian Corps ................................................................................................. 50 WORLD WAR I 1914 – 1918 ............................................................. pg 49 – 55 - 62 Pre Delville Wood .................................................................................................... 55 - 94 The Battle of Marrières Wood 24 March 1918 ......................................................... 95 - 105 South Africa: General casualties .............................................................................. 106 - 136 South African Units and recipients .......................................................................... 137 - 140 Bailey’s Sharpshooters ............................................................................................. 141 - 162 British Units .............................................................................................................. 163 - 182 Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force ................................................................. 183 - 193 Memorial plaques and medals: British casualties ..................................................... 194 – 202 WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 MC/DCM Rifle Brigade Group ................................................................................ 203 South Africa Navy ................................................................................................... 204 - 219 South Africa Army ................................................................................................... 220 - 239 South Africa Army: Prisoners of War ...................................................................... 240 - 252 South Africa Air Force ............................................................................................. 253 -283 MISCELLANOUS MEDALS, MINIATURES .................................................... 284 - 307 IAN UYS COLLECTION ..................................................................................... Anglo Boer War ....................................................................................................... 308 - 323 World War I ............................................................................................................. 324 - 351 Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................... 352 - 356 Foreign medals ......................................................................................................... 357 3 PREFACE Dear Collecting Friend Rob Mitchell writes: A special celebration was needed to mark the big “70”. Postal Medal Auction 70 offers an extraordinary selection of choice South African medals. The Auction begins with several fine medals awarded for the early Frontier Wars and includes an example awarded to Private Peters of the 43rd Regiment (LOT 5) who was one of the fortunate few to survive the tragic sinking of the troopship HMT Birkenhead off Danger Point in February 1852. The rare local bravery award for the infamous Great Gale in Table Bay in July 1878 (LOT 9) awarded to Woodhead who would later command The Dukes warrants special mention. Other early Victorian medals of note is an example of the rare “1877” clasp on the South African General Service medal (LOT 10) while as a first for City Coins we are privileged to offer two exceptional medals for the Zulu War. The events at Ishandlwana and Rorke’s Drift in January 1879 evoke special interest and the single campaign medals awarded to Privates William Pope (LOT 12) and Private William Partridge (LOT 13) will surely attract spirited bidding! Historians and collectors continue to take interest in all aspects of the Zulu War and we are privileged to offer a rare example of a Zulu Warrior’s Necklace of Umzimbete Beads (LOT 15). Over the years many collectors have expressed the view that the design of the medal awarded by the British South Africa Company is one of the most attractive campaign medals ever awarded. The group awarded to Colonel Charles Divine of the Cape Field Artillery (LOT 18) which includes the rare pioneer’s medal with the coveted “Mashonaland 1890” clasp heads a small but choice selection of these early Rhodesian campaign awards. It is often said that a select few is better, or more exciting, than numerous less special items. The medal trade has perhaps been somewhat overwhelmed by the selection of Boer War medals recently offered for sale. While there are not dozens and dozens of single QSA medals on offer in this auction, the quality and importance of the items will astound even the most fastidious collector. Consider and choose carefully as bidding is sure to be spirited and only the lucky few will be able to add one of these to their collection! The group of 23 individual lots set out between LOT 22 and 43 are something exceptionally special for they include a Defence of Mafeking/WWI DSO/MC group of six; an exceptional Mafeking DCM group awarded for the action at Game Tree; a Mafeking nurse’s Royal Red Cross Pair; the unique “Gold” Kimberley Star presented to Robert Archibald of De Beers; an example of the rare Kimberley Medal (this with the rarer serrated rim edge); a “dated” Lord Strathcona’s Horse QSA medal awarded to Pte. A.W. O’Brien; a Boer War group awarded to Sergeant Coad of the Royal Engineers who was recommended for the award of an additional clasp to his DCM medal and the silver O’okiep medal awarded to Captain William Mitchell of the Cape Town Highlanders. I am not going to mention details or the names of these recipients in this Preface as that might detract from the mouth-watering experience which the study of these 17 catalogue pages will present to every Boer War collector. 4 The story of the Anglo Boer War is never complete without the offering of a selection of awards given to the Boer participants. Here, deserving special mention, is the DTD/DSO group awarded to Kaptein Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius (LOT 44) and an example of the rare bronze medal (LOT 50) commemorating the role played by the Scandinavian Corps at the Battle of Magersfontein presented to Alpheus Williams, the General Manager of De Beers, for the important role he played in the establishment of the magnificent memorial erected in their honour. The greater part of this Auction Catalogue is reserved for medals relating to the Great War. Perhaps never before has such an extensive collection of medals awarded to South African combatants been offered in a single Auction. The items on offer include no less than 8 Military Medals and 2 Military Cross Groups awarded to South Africans while the various sections listed separately under such as “Delville Wood” and “Marrières Wood” number more than 150 lots. Perhaps the most poignant of these are (LOT 194) the two Memorial Plaques named to the two brothers, Engineer Lieutenant Oscar William Tottie of the Royal Navy and Lieutenant Eric Harald Tottie, of the Northumberland Fusiliers who both died on the same day 22 September 1916. It is exciting to include the single BWM awarded to a European casualty who perished with the sinking of the HMT Mendi in January 1917 (LOT 117). Where appropriate the awards given to individuals of the same family have been lotted together in due reverence to the knowledge of the sacrifices they made. Medal groups awarded to WWII combatants commence with the fine MC/DCM awarded to Donald Main of the Rifle Brigade (LOT 203) and comprise some 80 lots. Amongst these are medals awarded to numerous casualties and Prisoners of War and for those with slightly deeper pockets five groups which are headed by a gallantry Decoration - an MC (LOT 222), a DCM (LOT 223) and three DFCs (LOTS 253, 254 and 255). The Memorial plaque (LOT 220) presented to honour the tragic death of Maj-Gen Dan Pienaar in a flying accident in December 1942 warrants special mention.
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