Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902

Awarded to Captain Edward John Kendal Newman (1860-1941). Obverse Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and veiled, with order (left) Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: Britannia standing wearing a helmet (right), 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: 'LIEUT: E.J.K.NEWMAN.R.N., H:M:S: MONARCH'. Bars 'CAPE COLONY', 'PAARDEBERG', 'DRIEFONTEIN', 'JOHANNNESBERG', 'DIAMOND HILL', 'BELFAST'. Fitted with a bar and orange ribbon edged with red, with two narrow blue stripes.