South Africa Medal HMS Shah

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South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH

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

South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH

South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH

etween 1877 and 1879 a number of particularly difficult punitive expeditions were mounted by the British against Xhosa, Zulu and Basuto tribes in the eastern area of the Cape of Good Hope and northern Natal, as well as against the Bapedi of Chief Sekhukhune in the northern Transvaal. In 1880 a medal was sanctioned for these campaigns, which was a new version of the South Africa Medal (1853) with minor alterations to the reverse design.

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South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH.

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

South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH

South Africa Medal, with 1879 Bar, awarded to T Turner P.O. 1st Class. Edge inscribed HMS T Turner P.O. 1st Class SHAH

etween 1877 and 1879 a number of particularly difficult punitive expeditions were mounted by the British against Xhosa, Zulu and Basuto tribes in the eastern area of the Cape of Good Hope and northern Natal, as well as against the Bapedi of Chief Sekhukhune in the northern Transvaal. In 1880 a medal was sanctioned for these campaigns, which was a new version of the South Africa Medal (1853) with minor alterations to the reverse design

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Please note that GMCoins is not responsible for the content on any associated website.

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