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Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and veiled, with order (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX". Reverse: Britannia standing wearing a helmet (R), a flag in her left hand, holding out a wreath in her right hand towards troops on the march, ships in distance. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Inscription on edge: "SPECIMEN". Bars: "CAPE COLONY", "NATAL", "RHODESIA", "DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH", "BELMONT", MODDER RIVER", "TUGELA HEIGHTS", "RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY", "PAARDEBERG", "ORANGE FREE STATE", "RELIEF OF LADYSMITH", "DRIEFONTEIN", "TRANSVAAL", "JOHANNESBURG", "LAING'S NEK", "DIAMOND HILL", "WITTERBERGEN", "BELFAST". Fitted with a bar and orange ribbon edged with red, with two narrow blue stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0375 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Saulles, George William de |
| Events: | Second Boer War: Battle of Ladysmith, 1899; Second Boer War: Cape Colony, 1901-1902 Second Boer War: Belmont, 1899 Second Boer War: Modder River, 1899 Second Boer War: Tugela Heights, 1900 Second Boer War: Paardeberg, 1900 Second Boer War: Orange Free State, 1899-1901 Second Boer War: Rhodesia, 1899-1900 Second Boer War: Relief of Kimberley, 1899-1900 |
| Date made: | circa 1900 |
| People: | Queen Victoria |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |