Queen's South Africa Medal - Thorneycrofts Mntd Inf. Hold 13 mm x 21 mm

13 mm x 21 mm inclusive of crown suspension

1886 in Bermondsey

Three days later

5 mm x 112 mm

Footnote: The Order of Lenin was the highest award of the Soviet Union and was established by the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR on April 6

Queen's South Africa Medal - Thorneycrofts Mntd Inf. Hold 13 mm x 21 mmQueen's South Africa Medal, Private J. H. Forbes, Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry (9873 Pte J. H. FORBESTH'CROFT'S M. I.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, light contact, replaced suspension, near extremely fine. Footnote: Private J. H. Forbes was wounded at the Battle of Spion Kop on January 24, 1900. The battle was fought 28 km west south west of Ladysmith on the hilltop of Spioenkop along the Tugela River, Natal, South Africa,