{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-south-africa-medal-to-pte-a-loss-buffalo-volunteer-rifles-m0712-32","title":"United Kingdom. A South Africa Medal to Pte. A. Loss, Buffalo Volunteer Rifles","description":"\u003cp\u003eInstituted 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote: Private Loss is not on the casualty roll for Buffalo Volunteer Rifles and Levy for the South Africa War, indicating he survived. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Buffalo Volunteer Rifles were a colonial volunteer unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the South Africa War of 1877–1878, serving in operations connected with the frontier conflicts of the period, including the Ninth Frontier War (1877–78). Composed largely of locally recruited settlers, the unit undertook mounted patrols, escort duties, and frontier defence operations in support of British imperial forces against Xhosa resistance in the rugged border regions. Like many volunteer corps of the era, the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles provided valuable local knowledge and mobility in difficult terrain, contributing to the stabilization of the frontier during a period of widespread unrest in the Eastern Cape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49989583798549,"sku":"M0712-32","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/eMedals_M0712-32_2.jpg?v=1782750797","url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/products\/united-kingdom-a-south-africa-medal-to-pte-a-loss-buffalo-volunteer-rifles-m0712-32","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}