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South Africa Campaign Medal 1834-53
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a lion crouching to drink, a bush behind. Legend: "SOUTH AFRICA". Exergue: "1853". No suspension or ribbon and fitted as a brooch with a pin fixed to the obverse. Inscribed on edge: "COMMANDER BENJN.H.BRUCE. R.N."
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0978 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Date made: | 1853 |
| People: | Commander Benjamin Holland Bruce |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |