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This sold in auction yesterday for over £700 + 29% commission. I don't know who Nurse Croser was but someone else presumably did! She is not on the QSA roll so presumably a civilian nurse during the siege.
A silver Kimberley Star 1899-1900, detailed 'Mayor's Siege Medal 1900', engraved to the reverse 'Nurse Croser', Birmingham 1900, a 1914-18 British War Medal to 'N/Sister. A.K.Croser.', and a First World War period discharge badge for services rendered, detailed 'S.A 10464'.

Didn't civilian nurses (like Civilian Surgeons) qualify for the QSA? I seem to remember reading it somewhere.

Rory

That is certainly a considerable sum of money, if that was her complete entitlement, I would think a nurse who served within the Union during the Great War, if she had served at Richmond and/or in France she would certainly be further entitled to a bilingual AVM.

dunnboer wrote: This sold in auction yesterday for over £700 + 29% commission. I don't know who Nurse Croser was but someone else presumably did! She is not on the QSA roll so presumably a civilian nurse during the siege.
A silver Kimberley Star 1899-1900, detailed 'Mayor's Siege Medal 1900', engraved to the reverse 'Nurse Croser', Birmingham 1900, a 1914-18 British War Medal to 'N/Sister. A.K.Croser.', and a First World War period discharge badge for services rendered, detailed 'S.A 10464'.

Herewith two examples of Kimberley Stars that are in Groups:
a) S. Chavasse - Kimberley Town Guard - QSA (Bar Defence of Kimberley) and Kimberley Star
b) P. Nicholson - Diamond Fields Artillery (D.F.A.) - IGS, (1854 - Bar Burman 1885-7), Cape of Good Hope Gen. Service (Bar Bechuanaland), QSA (Defence of Kimberley & Transvaal), Kimberley Star.
Note - Both Top Bars are engraved as well.

from Jim Nuttall and Dave C.

Chavasse - Top Bar on Star

The Innes family medals must be being sold on BoB . The lot contains QSA (2) DoK OFS (316 Pte W S Innes KVR), Trio and this named Star.


Picture courtesy of BoB

Picture courtesy of DNW

QSA (1) Defence of Kimberley (625 Pte. A. E. Enright. Kimberley Vol: Regt.);
Kimberley Star, ‘b’, additionally named (Pte. A. E. Enright No. 625 Kimberley Regt.) and lacking top suspension brooch