Volunteer rifles first city

Buy QUEENSTOWN VOLUNTEER RIFLES FIRST CITY VOLUNTEERS OF GRAHAMSTOWN MEDALLION 1860-2007 for R100.00

  Please note -  Should payment be made via paypal a 5% surcharge will be added to cover paypal charges. Please wait for us to send you a paypal invoice at an exchange rate of R 13.50 / US$1 -   Tip:- to save this cost we suggest International buyers use BOB VOUCHERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE MORE PICTURES IN THUMBNAIL ABOVE ==================================================================================  Medal comes with original ribbon and bar.  OD approx 24mm.  Has minor damage on obverse.  Presented by Capt RW Nelson to Pvt RC Byrnes of the 1st City Volunteer Rifles (Grahamstown)           

  BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH x 1 =  BOER WAR = NATAL WAR NATAL HUSSAR'S NCO'S Copyright local History Museum   Formed on 11 July 1865 the Natal Hussars came into being for the protection of the districts of Greytown, York and Noodsberg in the Natal Midlands. They were a smaller unit that their sister regiment, the Greytown Mounted Rifles, surviving a period between 1864 and 1872 when many of the smaller units of the Natal Volunteer Corps were disbanded due to austerity cuts. During this period the Hussars experienced a drop in numbers but remained an effective unit throughout. In 1866 the Natal Hussars was raised by a Major Eastwood in the same area. In 1869 the two units amalgamated under the designation of the Natal Hussars. Durban Mounted Rifles (1873/5-1888).... It was raised on the south coast of Natal, and was the parent corps of the Natal Mounted Rifles. A photograph of the Natal Hussars (later Umvoti Mounted Rifles) equipped with Snider cavalry carbines.  (Source: Du Plessis, A J, The Umvoti Mounted Rifles, Proton Times, Pietermaritzburg, 1975, p54) Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.   POSTAGE in is R10.00 for the FIRST item. Registered mail with tracking number, please add R20.00. SAFER OPTION!! Combined Postage = Please add R1.50 for each additional item purchased.