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QueenÂÂs South African (QSA) Campaign Medal 1899-1902, attributed Queenstown Town Guard
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Queen’s South African (QSA) Campaign Medal 1899-1902, attributed Queenstown Town Guard
Circular silver medal with claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension;
The obverse with the veiled crowned head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria facing left, circumscribed ‘VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX’ (Victoria Queen and Empress), signed ‘G. W. de Saulles’ (for George William de Saulles, 1862-1903, Chief Engraver to the Royal Mint);
The reverse with the full-length helmeted figure of Britannia, a standard in her left hand, her right arm extended with a laurel wreath, her shield and trident on the ground behind her, soldiers marching in a landscape beyond, warships near the coast beyond, signed ‘G. W. de Saulles’;
Attributed on the edge to ‘CAPT & ADJT. B.A. DICKERSON. QUEENSTOWN T.G.’;
The medal was instituted in 1899 to be awarded to participants in the Boer War.
Awarded for Service in South Africa between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902
Approximate Measurements: Weight 35 g, Thickness 3.5 mm Diameter 36 mm
