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Page 2 of pre 1910 Medals to Australians |
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The Order of the Dragon
China 1900
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The various colonies gained permission to award their forces Long Service & Meritorious Service Medals similar to the British army. 4 types are known. Right centre is the face of the first, a Trophy of Arms design. Types 2, 3 and 4 had the Regents head on the obverse. (Young Victoria, older Victoria and Edward V11) All were different on the reverse. Each colony, or State after 1901, had their own design. Very few ever issued (fewer than 200) . |
Long and Meritorious Service Medals, 1894 to 1903. |
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| The Victorian
Local Forces "Long and Efficient Service" Medal. Images from Defending
Victoria
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The Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Awarded to 90 Battery Sergeant Major Alexander Dingwall for his service with the Southern Tasmanian Artillery. The medal was gazetted in Hobart Gazette No 6465 of 7 June 1898. | |
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| Obverse – Crowned bust of King George V facing left. Around it is the Latin legend GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT.OMN.REX.ET INDIAE.IMP. [George the Fifth by the Grace of God King of all the Britons and Emperor of India]. | Reverse – Australian arms within native flora, with the legend HIS MAJESTY THE KING'S MEDAL ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MILITARY COLLEGE. |
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Small Boer War Medallion
, shows Queen Victoria on one side along with an Australian Flag and the
Royal Standard and reads " British Transvaal War 1899 -
1900."
On the reverse it shows George and the Dragon and reads " Success to 1st Aust Imperial Contingent." |
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Victoria Regina 1857-1897 Born 1819 Crowned 1838 Married 1840 Sixtieth year 1897 |
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British Transvaal War 1900: Good Luck to Australian Bushmen's Corps |
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| The Lord Roberts medal. "A silent tribute" to "Bobs". Unofficial Boer War era medallion |
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ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL MEDAL - Face of medal has Trophy of Arms with the motto - IN DEFENCE - obverse of medal is engraved 1st C. of C. A. V. presented by C. J. BLELOCK Esq for the best attendance at drill 1881, won by GUNNER W. MASSEY 1st BATTERY, ring suspension, I believe it to be silver although it is not hallmarked. |
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| Australian Medal Struck by Stokes of Melbourne for the 1897 Celebration of Queen Victoria’s 60th year on the throne or the Diamond Jubilee as it was called. |
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| Wording: British Transvaal War 1899-1900 | Wording: Success to 1st Aust Imperial Contingent |
