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Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal to Trooper Alexander Clode, being originally from Hawke’s Bay, enlisted in new Zealand for service in the Boer War and served with the 9th Contingent in South Africa.

Queen’s South Africa Medal measures 36mm wide and is a circular silver medal with claw and slackened swivel ribbon bar suspension, with ‘TRANSVAAL’ & ‘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 ‘7152 TPR: A. CLODE, N.Z.M.R.9TH CONT:’ on correct ribbon. The medal was instituted in 1899 to be awarded to participants in the Boer War.

Alexander Clode, a labourer from Dannevirke, Hawke’s Bay, attested for the 9th N.Z. Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Devon in March 1902. A member of ‘F’ Squadron, he served in the Transvaal and was discharged in August 1902. Clode died in January 1940 and is buried in Taihape Cemetery; sold with copied research and roll confirmation.