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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 (incuse): "9140 PTE A.CLEMENTS, R.M. H.M.S.MONARCH". Bars: "CAPE COLONY", "PAARDEBERG", DRIEFONTEIN", "JOHANNESBURG", "DIAMOND HILL", "BELFAST". Fitted by a straight clasp from an orange ribbon edge with red, with two narrow blue stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0378 |
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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: Cape Colony, 1901-1902; Second Boer War: Driefontein, 1900 Second Boer War: Diamond Hill, 1900 Second Boer War: Battle of Belfast, 1900 Second Boer War: Paardeberg, 1900 |
| Vessels: | Monarch (1868) |
| Date made: | circa 1900 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Clements, A, Ptefl |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |