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ZAR Badge 2 - Boer Forces
Brief description: This Transvaal artillery badge is believed to be worn by one of the ZAR volunteer corps (Vrywilligerkorps). This badge was worn pre 1901 and is made from a white/silver metal (not cast, but pressed) with two fixing lugs.
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ZAR Artillery Taking Kuruman Fort - 7 Pounder Gun
Early in the War, invading Transvaal forces met stiff resistance while trying to take the main Cape Police fort at Kuruman, northwest of Kimberley. Field Cornet JH Visser repeatedly wired Gen. Cronje at Mafeking asking the dispatch of a gun to bombard the fort.
On 30 December a 7-pr gun finally arrived from Pretoria and two days later, on New Year Day 1900, the bombardment commenced. According to JH Breytenbach the Gunner in charge of the piece was inexperienced and sighted poorly. Only after the gun was moved about several times and fired about 80 shots, it finally found its mark. After ten more shots the wall finally gave way and the fort surrendered. Some sources state that at least one 2.5-in gun, possibly the same piece, was later also in action against the besieged Kimberley garrison.
ORANJE VRIJSTAAT ARTILLERIE CORPS/ Historical Study and Re-Enactment Group
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Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade." With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything. Mark 4:30 - 34 |