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Queen's South Africa Medal of Capt Herbert Stuart Buckle, Army Service Corps, 1899-1902
Queen's South Africa medal
Accession Number

NAM.2024-10-3-5-1

Description

Queen's South Africa Medal of Capt Herbert Stuart Buckle, Army Service Corps Silver, obverse shows a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX" around. Reverse shows Britannia holding the Union Flag in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right hand. The background includes troops marching inland from the coast and 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". Rim is inscribed 'Capt: H.S. BUCKLE. A.S.C.' Suspended from an orange ribbon with two stripes to each edge; dark blue and red, bearing five clasps for Driefontein, Paardeberg, Relief of Kimberley Modder River, and Belmont, by a straight bar. Framed and mounted in a pair. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902)

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)

Associated collection