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QSA (0) (Mr. S. J. Pryor. “Daily Mail”) minor edge bruising, good very fine

QSA (0) (Mr J Scott 'Natal Witness')

City Coins #18. c 1973.

QSA (0) (Mr D S Howie, 'Times of Natal')

City Coins #44, August 1996.

Dixon's Medals Autumn 2000 £1,150.

QSA (0) (Mr. W.O. Scott, "Illustrated London News")

Mr. Scott was a 'War Artist' for the above paper and as such is rare, having had five War Correspondents over the years, this is the first War Artist I have seen.

Dixon's Medals Summer 1999 £1,500
Dixon's Medals Winter 2004 £1,650.00

Interestingly, there were a lot fewer correspondents in China and one received a clasp.

China (1) Relief of Pekin (Mr William Whittall. War Correspondent)

William Whittall represented Reuter's Agency during the Boxer Rebellion. He is the only one of the ten war correspondents in China to receive a clasp to his medal. Nothing else is known of him. Sold with photocopy China Medal Roll page which confirms entitlement and photocopy page from China Expeditionary Force Orders naming Whittall among five Press Correspondents to accompany the force.

Dixon's Medals Spring 2004 £ 2,750

QSA (0) (Mr. F. Ireland, "Daily News"). Officially corrected in places.

Frank Ireland formerly Editor of the 'Coventry Standard', went to South Africa before the Boer War and became one of the 'Daily News' war corespondents at its outbreak. He joined the staff of the 'Diamond Fields Advertiser, in Kimberley and became its Editor in 1910.

Dixon Medals Summer 2000 £1,250.