1592970597000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141516 1747245966526 1711380507000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141516 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141516 cb78954b-a992-3593-8cea-4fbb47434623 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals During the 1830s and 1840s several Dutch republics had been established outside the British Cape Colony in South Africa, among which were Transvaal and the Orange Free State, all now in modern South Africa. Transvaal was annexed briefly by the British but its independence re-established in the First Boer War. In the 1880s however the discovery of vast gold reserves in Transvaal brought large numbers of foreign settlers, largely British, across the border, and an attempted coup at the instigation of Cecil Rhodes in 1895. Military escalation followed, negotiations failed and the two Boer republics, convinced that the British intended annexation, declared war in the Cape Colony in October 1899. Despite initial successes in battle against the British, by mid-1900 the Boers were being driven into retreat by a much-reinforced British opposition. They therefore turned to a dogged campaign of guerilla warfare, and it was May 1902 before the last of the distinct forces operating in the different provinces of the two Boer republics was forced to surrender. British troops (and sailors) therefore spent the period of 1900-1902 in local clean-up and defence operations, which were awarded bars to the Queen's South Africa Medal according to the provinces in which these operations were carried out. This medal was awarded to Corporal George Aldcroft of the Royal Canadian Artillery, whose service covered both `home' deployments in the Cape Colony and Rhodesia (now parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively) and `foreign' service in the two former Boer Republics (both now subsumed into South Africa). The medal incorrectly gives his first initial as `C.'. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. The Museum must thank Corporal Aldcroft's grandson for bringing his grandfather's first name and the engraver's mistake to our attention. CM.1422-2009 1 accession number CM.1422-2009 141516 priref 141516 Watson Catalogue 334 ordering M-0305 previous object number LW.0305 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141516 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141516 Bust of Victoria facing left with veil obverse VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX design Britannia in foreground facing right holding standard and waving wreath over army marching along shore, with ships offshore in background reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1902 1902 1902 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) artist reference agent-174946 adlib-agent-174946 97851273-f820-36e3-970a-41d6d59650df Saulles, George W. de with the title of ruler reference agent-174945 adlib-agent-174945 53c52c53-979d-3cdf-9a0b-6b7b691fe2dd Victoria regina et imperatrix reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.3 Weight g 49.19 reference media-116583 adlib-media-116583 23783da9-c51c-329e-ba76-a7f3e1010d8e jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589781066 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589781066 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589781066 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589781066 1 image 0 media image reference media-116584 adlib-media-116584 d05f0553-36f5-3289-a8ab-459de76714fc jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589827739 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589827739 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589827739 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0305_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589827739 1 image 1 media image reference term-123031 adlib-term-123031 b551dc41-4600-347e-aea2-3d6d1879cbc3 Queen's South Africa Medal (second striking) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122838 adlib-term-122838 f00c5146-e71d-395a-a55e-6c5d3efeb034 Canadian Armed Forces subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 430-434, 438-439, 440, 443-453 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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