NAM.2001-05-622-1

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with four clasps awarded to 3120 James H Woodman, Manchester Regiment and Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy). No ribbon. Obverse displays a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend ‘VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX’ around. Reverse displays Britannia holding the Union Flag in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right hand. In the right background are two men-of-war, with Neptune’s Trident and Britannia’s shield on the ground in the foreground. Around the top perimeter are the words ‘SOUTH AFRICA’. This is the second version of the reverse side of the medals, impression of erased dates still visible. Four clasps attached to suspender and each other ‘TRANSVAAL’, ‘WITTEBERGEN’, ‘RELIEF OF LADYSMITH’, ‘TUGELA HEIGHTS’. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Ladysmith, Relief of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902), Tugela Heights, Battle of the, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)