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The Queen’s Mediterranean Medal, awarded to 2497 Pte A Mackenzie Seaforth Highlanders.
The Queen’s Mediterranean Medal, awarded to 2497 Pte A Mackenzie Seaforth Highlanders.
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961.
The Queen’s Mediterranean Medal was authorised by King Edward VII and was awarded to Militia troops who had replaced their regular Army counterparts in the various military garrisons across the Mediterranean, in Gibraltar, Malta and Egypt. This allowed regular troops to be available for the Second Boer War.
Troops on the island of St. Helena who were guarding Boer prisoners of war in the POW camp were awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal without clasp.
The medal and ribbon are identical to the Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902 except the inscription ‘SOUTH AFRICA’ has been replaced by the word ‘MEDITERRANEAN’ on the reverse of the medal. No clasps were awarded. The recipient’s name and details were impressed on the rim of the medal.
