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Africa General Service Medal 1901-1910
Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII in military uniform, cloak, order and medals. Legend: 'EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR'. Reverse: Britannia standing (right) in a helmet, a lion behind her, a trident in her right and a palm branch in her left hand pointing towards the rising sun. Exergue: 'AFRICA'. Bar: 'SOMALILAND 1902-4'. Uninscribed. Awarded to Lieutenant John Colin Howard Lindsay RN (1877-1954) for service in HMS 'Perseus'. On a bar with four other medals. Suspended from a clasp and yellow ribbon edged with black with two narrow green stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1184 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Saulles, George William de |
| Events: | Somaliland expedition, 1900-1920 |
| Date made: | 1902 |
| People: | VII, King Edward; Lindsay, John Colin Howard |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 33 mm |
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