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I hear you Ryan - a nice pair but not that nice at that price. The kicker for me is the absence of his QSA - were that with the group to make it complete, it would be interesting but still not for that money.

Regards

Rory

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2735 Pte. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.);
KSA (2) (2735 Corpl. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.);
1914-15 Star (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes 1st. S.A.M.R.);
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes. 1st. S.A.M.R.)

Frederick Gordon Rhodes was born on 23 December 1871 and attested for the Cape Mounted Rifles at King William’s Town on 18 June 1895. He served in both the Boer War and the Great War, and was wounded in the latter on 13 December 1914 when, whilst on a riding patrol, his horse stepped into an ant bear hole and came down rolling over on top of him, injuring his right leg and knee. He was discharged to pension on account of his injuries on 23 March 1916.

djb wrote:

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2735 Pte. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.);
KSA (2) (2735 Corpl. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.);
1914-15 Star (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes 1st. S.A.M.R.);
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes. 1st. S.A.M.R.)

Frederick Gordon Rhodes was born on 23 December 1871 and attested for the Cape Mounted Rifles at King William’s Town on 18 June 1895. He served in both the Boer War and the Great War, and was wounded in the latter on 13 December 1914 when, whilst on a riding patrol, his horse stepped into an ant bear hole and came down rolling over on top of him, injuring his right leg and knee. He was discharged to pension on account of his injuries on 23 March 1916.

I think Noonan's are guilty of, if not hyperbole, then certainly poetic licence.... I have never before heard of a chap injuring his leg in a riding accident as being WOUNDED.... that is an injury all day long, nothing more.

Cape Mounted Rifleman in marching order

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...the-union-jack#90162

A smart guard
CMR camp on the border

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...under-the-union-jack

This group is incorrectly catalogued by Noble Numismatics as being awarded to the Cape Mounted Police.


Picture courtesy of Noble Numismatics

QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3638 Pte E.W.C.Stanton. Cape M.P. [sic]);
1914-15 Star (Sjt E.W.C.Stanton 1st Rhodn. Rgt.);
British War Medal and Victory Medal (Sjt E.W.C.Stanton. 1st Rhod Rgt.)

Together with a matching set of swing mounted miniatures; Cape Mounted Rifles (QVC) cap badge; 1 Rhodesian Regiment (1/RR) shoulder title badges in brass (2); ID disc marked, '1/R. R./179'; South African War Veterans Association 1899-1902 badge in gilt and enamel, button back; British Legion badge in gilt, silvered and enamel, button back, numbered 744402.