by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-05-17 | Korean War
Original, late issue or fake??? – Mystery solved- Since starting the website, there have been numerous requests to verify South African medals. The purpose of this site is to help, explain and demystify matters; thus, this is the first of many short...
by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-05-16 | Other
Copy of original article by Jordan Moshe, published in the Jewish Times January 24, 2019 https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2019/01/24/antique-military-medal-finds-its-way-home This article was published after the medal to the family. The Bergman family made a...
by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-05-16 | WW2
This article elaborates on the South African use of the “SR” prefix and naming (or lack thereof) found on Rhodesian WW2 campaign medals. Block numbers 597 689 – 602 688 are allocated to Southern Rhodesian who enlisted in the Union Defence Force. The prefix...
by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-05-10 | WW2
South African WW2 service medal and campaign stars are almost unique in that they are officially named. The British did not name their campaign medals. The decision to name the medals was made by the South African Union Defence Force Authorities to which we...
by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-05-09 | WW1
1914 – 15 Stars issues to the South African Forces Herewith the general rules for the issuing of WW1 medals to South Africans. But for any rules, there are always exceptions. This article contains the general rules and exceptions will be...
