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djb wrote: I am currently working on the string of text that comprises the QSA naming to separate the various parts. This is quite challenging but strangely enjoyable.

Agreed - nothing like an evening manipulating strings, when you get a result it is very satisfying.

Even a "standard" catalogue pattern can have anomalies which is very frustrating. The data you produce is better than none - and far more accurate.

Including the data from the December 2018 DNW sale, 2018 saw 746 QSAs offered for sale. This is the second highest in DNW history. The record year was 2014 with 754.

The other state clasps:

Bronze QSAs

QSAs to RN ships, sorted by the percentage of medals awarded to each ship. For example, 12 distinct QSAs to HMS Beagle have been sold, 10% of the 127 awarded.



These figures are a guide only as there is a small amount of duplication in the data (caused where an item has re-appeared for sale and where the surname has been omitted from the QSA listing, a feature in the early catalogues by DNW)

Like the RN graph David. A survival rate (by DNW sales) of ~5%?

Saurin & HMS Diadem/Ophir: I wasn't aware Ophir qualified for the QSA at all. From the list of ships he served in during the ABW none qualified, so is the medal bogus but genuine issue?