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Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with six clasps: ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Rhodesia’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’, Private W Guest, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 6 clasps, clasp, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.1989-06-27-1

Description

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with six clasps: ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Rhodesia’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’, Private W Guest, New Zealand Mounted Rifles. 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 six clasps: ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Rhodesia’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’. From a medal group awarded to Pte W Guest, New Zealand Mounted Rifles and New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Obverse: Queen Victoria, facing left. Reverse: Britannia holding Union flag and laurel wreath with marching soldiers and warships. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)