File:Medal, campaign (AM 800490-6).jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 213 pixels | 640 × 427 pixels | 1,024 × 683 pixels | 1,280 × 853 pixels | 2,560 × 1,707 pixels | 5,472 × 3,648 pixels.
Original file (5,472 × 3,648 pixels, file size: 9.49 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary[edit]
Medal, campaign
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist |
George William de Saulles |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title |
Medal, campaign |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type | Wars of empire/wars; imperialism/British Empire Classification: 278 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: King's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 Part of Medal set of 10545 Cpl Ernest William Webb, T Bty, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) silver medal; plain straight swivelling suspender; with ribbon two bars- SOUTH AFRICA 1901 - SOUTH AFRICA 1902 obverse- bust of King Edward VII and legend- EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR reverse- Britannia with a flag in her left hand and holding out a laurel wreath in her right towards an advancing party of soldiers; in the background are two warships; the wreath in Britannia’s hand points to the letter ‘R’ in the word AFRICA; around the top are the words SOUTH AFRICA ribbon- green, white and yellow in equal widths named on edge - 10545 CPL E.W. WEBB R.H.A. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Anglo-Boer War; Edward VII (1901-1910)-House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-English reign; (1902); 1901-1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
diameter: 36mm |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
800490 (object number) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | Republic of South Africa; England; South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1417.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | King's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 - with two bars Medal awarded to 10545 Cpl Ernest William Webb, T Bty, Royal Horse Artillery two bars- SOUTH AFRICA 1901 - SOUTH AFRICA 1902 English-born Ernest William Webb served in South Africa with the Royal Horse Artillery, receiving the QSA and KSA with seven bars. He took his discharge in South Africa and served with the Transvaal Police until 1908. He then migrated to New Zealand with his wife and took up a position with the Christchuch Fire Brigade (1909-1911). He then joined the Permanent Staff of the Defence Force, although he had resigned from this employment before the outbreak of World War One. At the outbreak of war Webb enlisted with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He served on Gallipoli and was invalided back to New Zealand at the end of 1915. He then was employed as an Instructor in New Zealand. Following his discharge Webb contined to serve with the Territorials (Canterbury Yeoman Cavalry.) until 1938 and at the time of his retirement in 1938. He died in Auckland in 1956. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg&action=edit§ion=1){kind=link}
Licensing[edit]
.jpg&action=edit§ion=2){kind=link}
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: Auckland Museum
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 01:19, 4 December 2017 | | 5,472 × 3,648 (9.49 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Auckland Museum Page(665.3) Object(4913) Image(6) http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/472564 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 5 pages use this file:
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg&oldid=745391474){kind=link}