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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". Suspended from a cusped bar and watered silk buff ribbon with two broad blue stripes near the edge and two narrow blue inner ones. Inscribed on edge: "S.H.L. GILES. PAYMR & PURSER".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0060 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Xhosa Wars, 1779-1879 |
| Date made: | 1853 |
| People: | Giles, S. H. L. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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