A VERY SCARCE & INTERESTING COLONIAL SOUTH AFRICAN
VICTORIAN & WW1 GROUP OF THREE. Q.S.A. (CAPE CYCLISTS) CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MEDAL (DYMES RIFLES) & WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (MEDICAL CORPS)
A VERY SCARCE & INTERESTING COLONIAL SOUTH AFRICAN VICTORIAN & WW1 GROUP OF THREE.
QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL "CAPE COLONY - SOUTH AFRICA 1901 - SOUTH AFRICA 1902"
31136.Pte.P. SHALVEY C.C.C.C.(CAPE COLONY CYCLIST CORPS)CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL "BASUTOLAND"
SER MAJ. P.J. SHALVEY. (DYMES' RIFLES)WAR MEDAL 1914-18 SGT P.J. SHALVEY (S.A. MEDICAL CORPS)[BASUTOLAND CLASP]
The clasp was awarded for operations from the 13 September 1880 to 27 April 1881 and stemmed from the order to hand in firearms. Some tribes complied and were then immediately attacked by their opponents. In September 1880 white officials were attacked and troops were mobilised to quell the fighting. Colonel Carrington and Brigadier-General Clarke undertook operations in the Mafeteng area and this concluded with an armistice in February 1881. Skirmishing continued for off and on for a number of years between 1882-1884 and eventually Basutoland was declared a Crown Colony in March 1884. A very scarce & interesting trio from Victorian Colonial South Africa & WWI which contains an even rarer Cape of Good Hope Medal for DYMES' RIFLES of which only 38 were issued £995 With Part Exchanges Welcome.