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

NAM.2024-10-3-5-3

Description

Miniature 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". 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