United Kingdom. A British South Africa Company Medal, M.R.F. Archive complemented with seven colour plates

complemented with seven colour plates

bearing a silvered date of “1924” topped by oak leaves and a raised Stahlhelm insignia

1910 in Winnipeg

original ribbon with dual prong pinback hanger

(v) in bronze

United Kingdom. A British South Africa Company Medal, M.R.F. Archive complemented with seven colour platesInstituted in 1896 by Queen Victoria. (TROOPR W. J. HENNESSEY. M. R. F.) Naming is privately engraved in block capitals, toned, near very fine. Footnote: The British South Africa Company Medal was initially sanctioned by Queen Victoria in 1896. It was granted to military personnel in commemoration of the First and Second Matabele Wars. There are four versions of the British South Africa Company Medal. Queen Victoria sanctioned the Matabeleland 1893