Queens South Africa Medal 1901-1902. No clasp (7281 Corpl: A. Porter. Midd’x Regt.)

Medal & no clasp verification: Medal with no clasps confirmed as issued per the regimental campaign medal roll of 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment (ref WO 100/195) compiled & signed 'In The Field' at, Utrecht, South Africa, on, 15 July 1901. The medal roll entry for Corporal A. Porter, shown with 'No Clasps' under the remarks column. The medal here offered being exactly as issued to the recipient, with the medal roll showing that the no clasp medal was sent to him on, 18 August 1902. A supplementary page in the same roll subsequently shows that he was entitled to a single dated clasp 'South Africa 1901'. This latter page was compiled and signed at, Hounslow, England, on, 5 March 1903, but with no reference to show that the clasp was ever physically issued or sent to the recipient

Note, the recipient enlisted into the British Army sometime in 1900 (the regimental numbers being issued sequentially to soldiers of the Middlesex Regiment since 1881), as the regimental number 7215 is known to have been issued to a soldier (C. H. Hyde) who enlisted on, 13 January 1900

The medal retaining it's original silk, stitched riband

A search of the QSA Medal Roll to 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment (compiled and dated 15 July 1901), records only 9 x QSA medals with 'No Clasps' issued to 'NCO's & Other-Ranks' of 2/Midd'x

A scarce no-clasp regimental medal issue to the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

Condition: Mild toned about EF

Code: 22311