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Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal to Private Charles Miles, who served with the 96th, 97th, 99th and 109th Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, as well as the Durban Light Infantry, during the 1906 uprising.

Queen’s South Africa Medal measures 36mm wide and is a circular silver medal with claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension, with CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 & SOUTH AFRICA 1902 clasps; the face with the veiled crowned head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria facing left, circumscribed ‘VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX’ (Victoria Queen and Empress), signed ‘G. W. de Saulles’ (for George William de Saulles, 1862-1903, Chief Engraver to the Royal Mint); the reverse with the full-length helmeted figure of Britannia, a standard in her left hand, her right arm extended with a laurel wreath, her shield and trident on the ground behind her, soldiers marching in a landscape beyond, warships near the coast beyond, signed ‘G. W. de Saulles’; attributed on the edge to 33455 PTE C. MILES. IMP: YEP: on correct ribbon. The medal was instituted in 1899 to be awarded to participants in the Boer War.

Charles Miles served with the 96th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles), 97th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles), 99th (Irish) and 109th (Yorkshire Hussars) Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, as the medal rolls show for his service. He had two regimental numbers, being 33455 and 32394, which the 109th Company, Imperial Yeomanry rolls show. The roll for the 97th Company, shows previous service with the 3rd Company, 109th Company. Certainly a wide and varied amount of service for a simple Yeoman.

36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension with ‘1906’ clasp; the face with the head of King Edward VII facing right, circumscribed ‘EDWARDUS VII REX IMPERATOR’ (Edwards VII King Emperor); the reverse with a standing full-length bare-chested female figure representative of Natal, the sword of justice in her right hand, a palm branch in her left, the full-length helmeted figure of Britannia to her left, a standard in her right hand, the orb of empire in her left, Zulu weapons underfoot, tribes people beyond right, a radiant sun in the distance, inscribed ‘NATAL’ below; impressed named to SGT. C. MILES, DURBAN LIGHT INFANTRY; on original ribbon. The medal was instituted in 1907 by the government of the Colony of Natal and awarded to local forces that suppressed the Zulu revolt led by Bambatha kaMancinza. Just over ten thousand medals were awarded in total, approximately eight thousand with the ‘1906’ clasp. Approximately 500 Natal medals with clasps were issued to the Durban Light Infantry.