BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL RHODESIA CAPTAIN EALES SALISBURY FIELD FORCE

Description

Offered is a British South Africa Company Medal (1890 -97) RHODESIA 1896 on reverse, period engraved CAPTAIN G. EALES S.F.F.

Rhodesia qualifying period 24th March 1896 – 31st December 1896. S.F.F = Salisbury Field Force.

An exceptionally good example of a Rhodesia 1895 medal, well worth of further research to a Captain this is possibly the same man:

Page 167. South Africa and the Transvaal War.BY LOUIS CRESWICKE

The following is a list of the names and numbers of the local forces which the colony of Natal has put into the field: Chaplain Rev. G. Eales being listed amongst them.