Queen's South Africa Medal

Queen's South Africa Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Type	Military Campaign medal
Awarded for	Campaign service
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eligibility	British and Colonial forces
Campaign(s)	Second Boer War
Clasps	26
Established	1900
Total	Approximately 178,000
Ribbon bar
Order of wear
Next (higher)	East and Central Africa Medal
Next (lower)	Queen's Mediterranean Medal
Related	King's South Africa Medal Kimberley Star Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of O'okiep

The Queen's South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, and to civilians employed in an official capacity, who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps were awarded, to indicate participation in particular actions and campaigns.^[1]