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Hello Rory,
Sorry for late reply, the reason I asked that was simply because when the medals were originally issued to members of the British Army, the naming was rather different.
The way it worked was the War Office sent a list of those entitled to the Company and the latter then clarified the naming to it's contractor.
So in the particular case of the 7th Hussars, they were simply named, 7TH HUSS, of course, on a QSA, it is perfectly normal to see the word Hussars, in full.
Your medals are most unusual and very interesting indeed as well as being rare examples.
Regards Frank

Rory wrote:
The 7th Hussars were ordered to embark at Beira on 20th Oct with Major Ridley back in command. The conduct of the regiment was reported as being of a very high standard

Hi Rory, I came across this interesting ephemera.

With "deserted " written all over it.



Digging deeper I found this.



Certainly time spent gaining the BSACo medal was not an easy posting.

ATB

David