1592970597000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141508 1747245965763 1711380505000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141508 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141508 85bf4aee-bfe5-3dbb-b3ef-01d4b071ad1a 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. The war required regular army forces to be supplied from wherever possible, but this left the garrisons whence they came dangerously short. The slack was taken up by men of the Militia who volunteered for service abroad, and who in some cases were sent to supply these garrisons with manpower while their regular troops fought in South Africa. In 1902 this medal was awarded to such volunteers who had served in the garrisons at Gibraltar, Malta and Egypt during the Boer campaigns, where they were often put to guarding Boer prisoners. Queen Victoria had died during the fighting, but her portrait was retained on this medal, which is likewise known as the Queen's Mediterranean Medal although it was authorised by King Edward VII. This example was awarded to Corporal S. Froggatt of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1414-2009 1 accession number CM.1414-2009 141508 priref 141508 Watson Catalogue 326 ordering M-0297 previous object number LW.0297 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141508 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141508 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 36.5 Weight g 34.45 reference media-116567 adlib-media-116567 04db625a-610b-3197-86a7-581d82aeb4f4 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589757146 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589757146 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589757146 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589757146 1 image 0 media image reference media-116568 adlib-media-116568 a92c4731-5b3f-315c-a864-36a3f617e0c7 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589825914 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589825914 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589825914 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0297_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589825914 1 image 1 media image reference term-123030 adlib-term-123030 2476ba9c-bcde-3eea-b647-8b50749b3ac2 Queen's Mediterranean Medal 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-122717 adlib-term-122717 140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3fead British Army 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 455 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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