The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Africa Medal 1834 - 1853. The recipient's name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: A lion representing Africa depicted crouching in a token of submission in front of a Protea bush. Above are the words 'SOUTH AFRICA' and in the exergue '1853'. The medal is fitted with an ornamental scroll swivelling suspender and a piece of 32 mm watered pale yellow ribbon with two wide and two narrow dark blue stripes.
Awarded to 1209 Private John Thomson of the Second Battalion, 60th Rifles for service during the Kaffir War of 1851-3. The medal was issued to soldiers that survived the frontier wars between 1834 and 1853. It was the first medal especially struck for military service on the Continent of Africa. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.
South Africa Medal with the bar '1879'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved around the edge. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA' aro
South Africa Medal with the bar '1877-8-9'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved around the edge. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA'
King's South Africa Medal with the bars 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901' and 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The bust of King Edward VII and
Queen's South Africa Medal with the bars 'CAPE COLONY', 'RHODESIA', 'ORANGE FREE STATE' and 'TRANSVAAL'. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Issued to Private William Joseph King, B Squa
Queen's South Africa Medal. The recipient's details are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX' around the rim. Rev
Queen's South Africa Medal with the bars 'RELIEF OF LADYSMITH', 'TRANSVAAL' and 'LAING'S NEK'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veile
