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Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal to Private Donald McInnes, being originally from Melbourne, enlisted in new Zealand for service in the Boer War and served with the 6th Contingent in South Africa.

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 ‘3763 PTE D. McINNES, N: ZEALAND M.R.’; on correct ribbon. The medal was instituted in 1899 to be awarded to participants in the Boer War.

Donald McInnes, who was a boilermaker from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, attested for the 6th N.Z. Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Cornwall in January 1901. A member of No. 20 Company, he served variously in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and the Transvaal and was discharged in May 1902; he was sent his two dated clasps in 1907; sold with copied research and roll confirmation.