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I don't think these picture do justice to the excellent naming on this medal to Captain and Paymaster W H Sutton, Frontier Light Horse.

Hello David,
Absolutely, I think any engraved medal is so much nicer, in fact, the combination that still pleases me, even after the passage of time since I was a child, is a humble pair to a rank and file Irish lancer, with an engraved QSA and an impressed KSA.
Regards Frank

djb wrote: Frank,

I would agree with you that it is the authenticity of the medal that is paramount. That said, I am always more pleased with an engraved medal than an impressed medal to a colonial officer.

Hi
I have drawn up a table listing the naming style of QSA/KSA's still in my collection.

On QSA's I have more engraved examples than impressed, but on KSA's impressed naming is more common
Henk

QSAMIKE wrote: Good Evening Everyone.......

I checked the officers medals that I have in my collection.......

2 Imperial Engraved
4 Imperial Impressed
8 Colonial (including Canadian) all Impressed

Mike

I have to make a change to my list above as I have just rec'd the following:

Lieutenant L. P. Phillips, Western Province Mounted Rifles

Naming: Engraved

Mike

Thank you Henk and Mike for your excellent contributions to this topic. We are building very useful information on the naming to South African officers.

Listed by Liverpool medals:

QSA (6) RoK Paar Drie Joh DH Witt (Lieut H.D. Collins, Robert’s Horse.)

All bars confirmed on the roll, medal issued as originally with all 6 bars and officially engraved. This accords with Henk's Roberts' Horse Medal.

Harvey Dowse Collins was previously Squadron Sergeant Major of the regiment, regimental number: 2407, being commissioned as Lieutenant on 22nd December 1900, he served until discharged to the reserves on 25th November 1901.