NAM.2002-02-1108-1

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with four clasps: ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, and ‘South Africa 1901’, Lieutenant Colonel Graham Gosling, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Circular, silver campaign medal with, on the obverse, a profile head of Queen Victoria with inscription. On the reverse, the figure of Britannia holding a Union Flag and laurel wreath, the words ‘South Africa’, marching troops and warships in the background. The ghost dates, ‘1899’ and ‘1900’, from the first version of the medal are visible. They were removed from the medal dies as the Boer War’s duration lengthened. The recipient’s name and unit is impressed on the rim. The medal is suspended on a red, yellow and dark blue ribbon with four clasps, ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, and ‘South Africa 1901’. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). From medal group awarded to Capt (later Lt-Col) Graham Gosling, 4th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Commanding Officer, 1901 to 12 Apr 1919. 4th Bn served in Aden during 1915 and in India in 1919. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Boer War (1899-1902)