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You have not seen one? thats not good Paul and you need to do something about that!

coldstream wrote: Hello Frank,
And thank you for your comments.
I agree a very asthetic looking medal although I have not seen one in the flesh, so no example in my collection.
Yes I had a look in the Medal Year Book the 1897 is quite a rarity.
Need to have a good read of this book because it is beginning to sounds very interesting will post more info when possible.

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: Hello Paul,
A wonderful find, Rhodes and his companies have always fascinated me and I think the BSA Co medal in all it's forms is one of the most attractive ever minted, Rhodes himself went to quite a lot of trouble to get this medal issued and many of the exchanges between the Colonial Office and Rhodes exist to this day at Kew.
The 1890 medal without additional clasp/clasps does not interest me as much as the 1893 and 1896 reverse's, the latter was often earned the hard way, some very brutal sharp fighting took place, as was the case with the 1897 clasp, the 1897 medal is really very rare indeed when you start number cruching.
Have you got an example of a BSA Co medal yet? actually, I think they are all getting quite hard to find now, I went to the OMRS North last year and I think I counted two examples in the room!
Kind regards Frank

For anyone interested in the 1896 and 1897 Rebellions in Rhodesia I can recommend the following book:
The '96 Rebellions. Rhodesiana Reprint Library - Silver Series. Volume 2.
Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo 1975.

It is a facsimile reprint of:
The British South Africa Company Reports on the Native Disturbances in Rhodesia, 1896-97.

It contains a wealth of information and is a "must have" for collectors of the 1896 and 1897 BSACo Medals.

Rhodesia may have existed for only a short time, but it probably has the best documented history of any former British colony, thanks to such reprints of old books and reports, as well as contemporary accounts of the last years of its existence.

Brett

Good morning Brett,
I have always liked "Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia" by Frederick Courteney Selous, I have read it many times over the years since I was a child.
Kind regards Frank

Frank,
I will add it to my ever growing list

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: You have not seen one? thats not good Paul and you need to do something about that!

coldstream wrote: Hello Frank,
And thank you for your comments.
I agree a very asthetic looking medal although I have not seen one in the flesh, so no example in my collection.
Yes I had a look in the Medal Year Book the 1897 is quite a rarity.
Need to have a good read of this book because it is beginning to sounds very interesting will post more info when possible.

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: Hello Paul,
A wonderful find, Rhodes and his companies have always fascinated me and I think the BSA Co medal in all it's forms is one of the most attractive ever minted, Rhodes himself went to quite a lot of trouble to get this medal issued and many of the exchanges between the Colonial Office and Rhodes exist to this day at Kew.
The 1890 medal without additional clasp/clasps does not interest me as much as the 1893 and 1896 reverse's, the latter was often earned the hard way, some very brutal sharp fighting took place, as was the case with the 1897 clasp, the 1897 medal is really very rare indeed when you start number cruching.
Have you got an example of a BSA Co medal yet? actually, I think they are all getting quite hard to find now, I went to the OMRS North last year and I think I counted two examples in the room!
Kind regards Frank

Cape to Cairo Paul, moreover, every uncut diamond and ounce of gold between the two!

coldstream wrote: Frank,
I will add it to my ever growing list

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: You have not seen one? thats not good Paul and you need to do something about that!

coldstream wrote: Hello Frank,
And thank you for your comments.
I agree a very asthetic looking medal although I have not seen one in the flesh, so no example in my collection.
Yes I had a look in the Medal Year Book the 1897 is quite a rarity.
Need to have a good read of this book because it is beginning to sounds very interesting will post more info when possible.

Paul

Frank,
Very very nice

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: Cape to Cairo Paul, moreover, every uncut diamond and ounce of gold between the two!

coldstream wrote: Frank,
I will add it to my ever growing list

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: You have not seen one? thats not good Paul and you need to do something about that!

coldstream wrote: Hello Frank,
And thank you for your comments.
I agree a very asthetic looking medal although I have not seen one in the flesh, so no example in my collection.
Yes I had a look in the Medal Year Book the 1897 is quite a rarity.
Need to have a good read of this book because it is beginning to sounds very interesting will post more info when possible.

Paul