| An unidentified trooper in what almost certainly appears to be the uniform of the British South Africa Company Police. While very small in this photograph the lion badge of the BSACP appears on his shoulder straps. This lion was almost identical to the lion that appears on the obverse of the 1896 British South Africa Company Medal. This trooper also wears an unidentified trade or rank emblem on his upper right sleeve. The reverse of the card has a small slip of blue lined paper glued to it with the name of "Mrs. Shaw" inscribed on it. One might assume that this Mrs. Shaw was the intended recipient of the photograph. Eventually renamed the British South Africa Police the unit served during the two wars with the Matabele peoples (1893 and 1896/97), the founding of Rhodesia, during the Anglo-Boer War and later in Tanganyika during World War One. It later would become the senior regiment of the Rhodesian armed forces. Cabinet Photograph Fitz G. Foreman/Salisbury Studio - Photographer Salisbury, Mashonaland c. 1895 |
