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Alenti 2000 Limited
\'Trading in Historical Items of Interest\'
Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal with Basutoland Clasp – \"the Gun Wars\"
Officially engraved on Rim:TPR D. Sharp Kimberly Hse
Total of 1589 medals issued and only 63 medals to the Kimberly Horse. Medal is in supwrb conditon
No research has been done on this medal although he can be found on the medal roll. This is a rare medal with less than 1600 medals issued and to a very good Regiment with a lot of history for the famous Diamond Town of Kimberly.
The Kimberley Regiment, the Cape Police and the Diamond Field Horse were amalgamated on 18 October 1899 to form the Kimberley Mounted Corps, which was re-organised in March 1900 and re-named the Kimberley Light Horse. In March 1902, this regiment was amalgamated with Ashburner\'s Light Horse and Dennison\'s Scouts to form the Griqualand West Light Horse, which on 24 April 1902 wasre-named the Kimberley Horse
This medal was instituted by Queen Victoria on the 4 December 1900 at the request of the Cape of Good Hope authorities to mark several uprisings by tribes in the Transkei, Basutoland and Bechuanaland that had spanned the years 1880-1897.
The medal bares on the obverse the veiled and crowned Jubilee head of Queen Victoria by Sir Joseph Boehm with the legend ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix.The reverse has the arms of the Cape with the legend ‘Cape of Good Hope’.
The ribbon is dark blue with a broad central buff-yellow stripe.It was intended the medal would be awarded with one or more of the three clasps marking the geographical areas of the conflict, however a small number were issued without a bar.
Basutoland.The clasp was awarded for operations from the 13 September 1880 to 27 April 1881and stemmed from the order to hand in firearms.Some tribes complied and were then immediately attacked by their opponents.In September 1880 white officials were attacked and troops were mobilised to quell the fighting.Colonel Carrington and Brigadier-General Clarke undertook operations in the Mafeteng area and this concluded with an armistice in February 1881.Skirmishing continued for off and on for a number of years between 1882-1884 and eventually Basutoland was declared a Crown Colony in March 1884.
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