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Queen's South Africa Medal (Victoria)

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Date:

1899

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2843194

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National Medal Collection

Queen's South Africa Medal (Victoria)
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Date(s):

1899

Place:

Britain; Canada

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

Britain

Extent:

1 medal / médaille : Silver ; 112.61 gr
Support 36.300 x mm

Language of material:

no language

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A duplicate record was created for this medal (icon isn 20671, now deleted). Information from duplicate, not incorporated here: field A100: 205572; field A301: 3117; field A302: M008; field A303: 14., Appraiser's note: This medal is a presentation piece with blank edge (i.e. not awarded), and all 26 campaign bars are court-mounted on ribbon (the maximum number of bars are actually awarded to military personnel was nine).
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Artist: Royal Canadian Mint

Artist: De Saulles, Georges William 1877-1954 active late 19th - early 20th century
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Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Imperial Adventure: Canadians in the South African War (1899-1902). Curator: J.L. Granatstein, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario; 1999.06.10-2003.01.31.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: VICTORIA REGINA / ET IMPERATRIX reverse: SOUTH / AFRICA CAPE COLONY / NATAL / RHODESIA / RELIEF OF MAFEKING / DEFENSE OF KIMBERLEY / TALANA / ELANDSLAAGTE / DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH / BELMONT / MODDER RIVER / TUGELA HEIGHTS / RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY / PAARDEBERG / ORANGE FREE STATE / RELIEF OF LADYSMITH / DRIEFONTEIN / WEPENER / DEFENCE OF MAFEKING / TRANSVAAL / JOHANNESBURG / LAINE'S NEK / DIAMOND HILL / WITTEBERLEN / BELFAST / SOUTH AFRICA 1901 / SOUTH AFRICA 1902;2 obverse: G.W. DE SAULLES reverse: G.W. DE SAULLES (Complete transcription)
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War

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Private

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1986-079 X PIC
06718
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[Consultation90 Open]
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Medals 6718

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Item no. assigned by LAC 6718

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-6718
Copyright: Expired

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