medal code J3326

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SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL

A SCARCE SOUTH AFRICA 1877-9, CLASP 1879 TO A TROOPER OF THE 1ST CAPE MOUNTED YEOMANRY WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AT MOROSI’S MOUNTAIN IN JUNE 1879

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-9, CLASP 1879 ‘TPR W. RUSCH 1ST CAPE YEORY’

Trooper W. Rusch served in the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Morosi campaign of 1879. This unit saw a good deal of action at Morosi’s Mountain in 1879 and Basutoland in 1880, suffering many casualties. Trooper Rusch is listed as wounded during the second failed assault on Morosi’s Mountain on 5 June 1879 (confirmed in published Casualty roll), his Regiment suffering 20 killed and wounded and the 2nd Regiment loosing a further 12 men. For his gallantry during the assault, Surgeon Major Hartley would be awarded the Victoria Cross.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morosi

Condition GVF.

Code J3326         Price £1585