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Unofficial clasps for the QSA 13 years 6 months ago #477

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This post is about unofficial clasps and how many different ones were made for the QSA. There seem to be two types of unofficial clasps; those that resemble the normal clasps and those that have a less prescribed appearance.

Amongst the former are Orange River Colony, Zand River and Pieter's Hill.







I have heard of Colenso and Glencoe but not seen examples of these.

And amongst the latter, these two date clasps:

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Re: Unofficial clasps for the QSA 13 years 6 months ago #504

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David,

I also understand that (from a topic on the BMF) the following unofficial clasps exists:

Pretoria
Standerton
Renosterkop
Biddaulphsberg
Graspan
Bloemfontein
Spionkop

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Re: Unofficial clasps for the QSA 13 years 5 months ago #505

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Ronald,

Have you come across any pictures of these clasps?

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David
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Re: Unofficial clasps for the QSA 13 years 5 months ago #507

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Hi David.....

I have seen the following but it was before the time of digital cameras...... Damn......

Pretoria
Standerton
Bloemfontein


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Hello David,

Sorry, haven't got any pictures.

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Re: Unofficial clasps for the QSA 11 years 6 months ago #10777

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Here's another ORC clasp that is currently being auctioned you know where.

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