IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141543 accession number: CM.1449-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: In 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 E. L. Jackson, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. title: Transport Medal (1899-1902) NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141543 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1903 - 1903 creation date earliest: 1903 creation date latest: 1903 CREATORS -------- maker: London maker: Saulles, George W. de maker: Admiralty maker: Edward VII (1901-10) maker: Edwardvs VII rex imperator DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 36.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 38.94 CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 7th edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 121 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 121 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 121 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0332_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 121 pixels