Queen's South Africa Medal | |
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Type | Military Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Campaign service |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Eligibility | British and Colonial forces |
Campaign(s) | Second Boer War |
Clasps | 26 |
Established | 1900 |
Total | Approximately 178,000 |
Order of wear | |
Next (higher) | East and Central Africa Medal |
Next (lower) | Queen's Mediterranean Medal |
Related | King's South Africa Medal Kimberley Star Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of O'okiep |
The Queen's South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, and to civilians employed in an official capacity, who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps were awarded, to indicate participation in particular actions and campaigns.[1]