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Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with five clasps: ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’, Private Benjamin Herbert Hodgson, 3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 clasps, clasp, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.1972-02-26-1

Description

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 clasps: Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal; South Africa 1901; South Africa 1902. Awarded to 22240 Pte B H Hodgson, 21st Bn 81st Coy 3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters). Circular, silver campaign medal with, on the obverse, a profile head of Queen Victoria with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Victoria, Queen and Empress). 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 medal is suspended on a red, yellow and dark blue ribbon, with five clasps,‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)