United Kingdom. A South Africa Medal to Pte. A. Loss, Buffalo Volunteer Rifles United Republic of with a 10 mm (w)

with a 10 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

wear of nickel plating to the hilt

an interesting late-war example removed from the tunic of a German serviceman

with a mobile swastika (Hakenkreuz) within the sun

United Kingdom. A South Africa Medal to Pte. A. Loss, Buffalo Volunteer Rifles United Republic of with a 10 mm (w)Instituted in 1880. In silver, rim officially engraved PTE. A. LOSS. No. 2 CO: BUFFALO VOL: RIF:, with 1877 8 clasp, dark patina, minor wear, extremely fine. Footnote: Private Loss is not on the casualty roll for Buffalo Volunteer Rifles and Levy for the South Africa War, indicating he survived. The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles were a colonial volunteer unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the South Africa War of 18771878, serving in operations