by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-06-28 | WW2
Numbering and Naming of South African WW2 Medals – Illustrated – part II This is Part II of a series of articles dealing with South African WW2 service medal and campaign stars. This article will illustrate the actual naming on the...
by Munroe Swirsky | 2020-06-07 | WW2
Whilst at high school my medal collecting ability was limited to an allowance and thus there was very little that I could afford. I could, however, afford single South African issue WW2 medals. These medals were identifiable to a specific person because the South...
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...
