South Africa Medal (1880)

South Africa Medal (1880)
Type	Military Campaign medal
Awarded for	Campaign service
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India
Eligibility	British forces & Colonial volunteers
Campaign(s)	Gaika-Gcaleka War 1877-8 War against Chief Pokwane 1878 Griqua War 1878 Sekhukhune War 1878 Anglo-Zulu War 1879 War against Chief Moirosi 1879 Sekhukhune War 1879
Clasps	1877 1877-8 1877-8-9 1877-9 1878 1878-9 1879
Established	1 August 1880
Total	Circa 36,600[1]
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Order of wear
Next (higher)	Ashantee Medal
Next (lower)	Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom)
Related	South Africa Medal (1853)

The South Africa Medal (1880), often referred to as the Zulu War Medal, is a campaign medal instituted in 1880 and awarded by the British Government to members of the British Army, Royal Naval Brigade and Colonial Volunteers who were involved in a series of South African tribal wars in the Cape of Good Hope, Colony of Natal and Transvaal between 1877 and 1879, most notably for the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.^[2]