15929705970001312637261000Standard Recordobject-141542170534540013117053297500001705345377855fitz-onlineadlib-object-141542https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1415425be8fedb-6786-3550-9a68-f5c0702019f57referenceterm-42993adlib-term-4299393884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0medalreferenceterm-122711adlib-term-1227111db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557abLester Watson CollectionCoins and MedalsIn 1903, with the Second Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion both recently ended, and various medals awarded for service in each, consideration was also given to those involved in ferrying the troops to these unusually farflung theatres of war. The result was the Transport Medal, which was awarded to the senior officers of the 117 transports and 10 hospital ships that had been pressed into service during those campaigns. Provision was made to award the medal in future to officers of the Merchant Navy serving in transports, but when opportunity came in the form of the Great War of 1914-1918, this was not in fact done and merchant seamen sailing in war zones were awarded the new (but less splendid) Mercantile Marine War Medal instead. Only some 250 Transport Medals were therefore awarded.
This example was awarded to J. Collier, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink in 1926.CM.1448-20091accession numberCM.1448-2009141542priref141542Watson Catalogue370orderingM-0331previous object numberLW.0331urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141542https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141542Bust of Edward facing leftobverseEDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATORdesignSection of world map top, transport at sea belowreversedesignreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009referenceagent-206432adlib-agent-206432e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afbWatson, Lester200920092009givenon loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009190319031903mintreferenceagent-149658adlib-agent-1496584cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5Londonartistreferenceagent-174946adlib-agent-17494697851273-f820-36e3-970a-41d6d59650dfSaulles, George W. deartistreferenceagent-157985adlib-agent-157985b6cb81c9-d82a-3ea3-81fb-2190c6273830Admiraltyrulerreferenceagent-167399adlib-agent-1673995bcafb25-0bd3-36ad-9878-d98c9e13c293Edward VII (1901-10)with the title ofrulerreferenceagent-174947adlib-agent-174947253dc792-731d-3083-9b6d-3c175c4f1251Edwardvs VII rex imperatorreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0Londonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametermm36.3Weightg38.99referencemedia-116635adlib-media-116635b85b94e5-d84a-3751-a936-a00875673c52jpegcm/cm15/LW_0331_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels13416162742996041imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0331_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels13416162742996041imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0331_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels13416162742996041imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0331_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels13416162742996041image0media
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imagereferenceterm-123069adlib-term-1230692e3b1a03-7bd4-3081-88d7-7dd0cfd965c4Transport Medal (1899-1902)denominationreferenceterm-98222adlib-term-98222b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50emedalsseriesreferenceterm-108659adlib-term-108659cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2Militarysubseriesreferenceterm-107681adlib-term-107681e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8Britainsubsubseriesreferenceterm-122712adlib-term-122712639b4532-b2cf-3f44-a24b-84974795c1a6Royal Navysubsubsubserieshistory noteGift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Spink 1926referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum456-457referencepublication-5886adlib-publication-5886a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6British Battles and Medals 7th ednreferencepublication-5910adlib-publication-59100d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)referenceterm-123069adlib-term-1230692e3b1a03-7bd4-3081-88d7-7dd0cfd965c4Transport Medal (1899-1902)Transport Medal (1899-1902)referenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckobject
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