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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, AU

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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, AU
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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, MYB-150, 36mm, Queen's South Africa Medal issued 1899-1902 designed by G. W. de Saulles, crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX around the upper perimeter // shows Britannia holding the Union Flag in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right hand; in the right background are troops marching inland from the coast; in the left background are 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, with three campaign bars: CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, and with original ribbon of issue, awarded to 2629 PTE M. KELLEHER K.R.R.C., AU. The Queen's South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal which was awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, civilians employed in official capacity and war correspondents who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps were awarded to recipients of the Queen's South Africa Medal, to indicate particular actions and campaigns of the Second Boer War.