Medal Morza Śródziemnego
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Medal Morza Śródziemnego (ang. Queen’s Mediterranean Medal) – jeden z brytyjskich medali kampanii, autoryzowany w roku 1900.
Zasady nadawania
Medal nadawany garnizonom nad Morzem Śródziemnym, które nadzorowały więźniów wojen burskich, głównie członkom ochotniczych milicji[1].
Przyznano około pięciu tysięcy takich medali[2].
Opis medalu
Medal jest identyczny z wersją 3 medalu Queen’s South Africa Medal, ale słowa „MEDITERRANEAN” zastępują tekst „SOUTH AFRICA” na rewersie tego medalu[1].
Tak jak medal Queen’s South Africa Medal, ten medal był grawerowany na krawędzi nazwiskiem odbiorcy[1].
Przypisy
- ↑ a b c William Augustus Steward: War Medals and Their History. Londyn: 1915, s. 251. (ang.).
- ↑ Mediterranean Medal. www.angloboerwar.com. [dostęp 2019-10-24]. (ang.).
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Queen's Mediterranean Medal 1899-1902, South Africa Medal awarded to 5051 Cpl W Leak, 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). silver medal; plain straight swivelling suspender; with ribbon obverse- crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and legend VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX reverse-Britannia with a flag in her left hand holding out a laurel wreath in her right towards an advancing party of soldiers; in the background are two warships; with the legend MEDITERRANEAN ribbon- red with two dark blue stripes and a broad orange central stripe named on edge- 5051. CORPL- W. LEAK. W. YORK- REGT. markings- obverse- medallist's name below neck- G.W. de Saulles
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Queen's Mediterranean Medal 1899-1902, South Africa Medal awarded to 5051 Cpl W Leak, 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). silver medal; plain straight swivelling suspender; with ribbon obverse- crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and legend VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX reverse-Britannia with a flag in her left hand holding out a laurel wreath in her right towards an advancing party of soldiers; in the background are two warships; with the legend MEDITERRANEAN ribbon- red with two dark blue stripes and a broad orange central stripe named on edge- 5051. CORPL- W. LEAK. W. YORK- REGT. markings- obverse- medallist's name below neck- G.W. de Saulles