Medals from 1793 to 1920.

Rex = King; Rex et Imperator = King & Emperor Regina = Queen; Regina et Imperatrix = Queen & Emperor
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Some of the earlier medals shown here would not have been available to Australians but the British troops that served in Australia and /or New Zealand may well have worn them.
	Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 Waterloo Medal 1815 Kabul, Kandahar, Ghazni Medal 1842 Sind Medal 1842-43 Gwalior Star 1843 China Medal 1842, 1857-60, 1900 Sutlej Medal 1845-46 New Zealand Medal 1845-66 Punjab Medal 1848-49 India General Service Medal 1854-95 South Africa Medal 1834-35, 46-47, 50-53, 77-79 Crimea Medal (British) 1854-56 Crimea Medal (Turkish issue to British) Baltic Medal 1854-58 Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 Canada General Service Medal 1866-70 Abyssinia Medal 1867-68
	Ashanti & East & West Africa Medal 1873-7, 1887-1900 Afghanistan Medal 1878-80 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 Cape General Service Medal 1880-81, 1896-97 Egypt Medal 1882-89 Khedives Star North West Canada Medal 1885 British South Africa Co Medal for Matabeleland 1893 Rhodesia Medal 1896 Mashonaland Medal 1897 Ashanti Star 1896 India General Service Medal 1895-1902 Central Africa Medal 1891-98 Sudan Medal 1896-97 Khedives Medal Ribbon of East & Central Africa medals 1897-99 Ribbon of Queen's South Africa Medal Kings South Africa Medal Ashanti Medal 1901 Africa General Service Medal 1900-14
	Zulu Rising in Natal Medal 1906 Tibet 1903-04 India General Service Medal 1908-16 Naval General Service Medal 1909-14 Sudan Medal 1910 Khedives Medal to British Forces 1914/15 Star British War Medal 1914/19 Victory Medal Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order (Naval and Military) Naval Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal (Army) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Navy)
Zulu War Medal (reverse)>>>	Distinguished Service Medal (Navy) Military Medal Distinguished Flying Medal Air Force Medal Coronation Medal Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Army) Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Navy) Meritorious Service Medal (Army) Volunteer Decoration (Officers) Medal Volunteer Long Service Medal Naval Good Shooting Medal Militia Long Service Medal Territorial Force Efficiency Medal Transport Medal, South Africa 1899/1902 and China 1900 Mercantile Marine Medal 1914/18

The Army Gold Medal (below left) sanctioned in 1810 and generally issued to officers of the rank of Major and above for services in the Peninsular Wars. The obverse depicts a seated figure of Britannia holding a laurel wreath and palm branch along with shield.

The Army Gold Cross 1806- 1814, the most desirable in the campaign series, was issued to field and general officers for service in the Peninsula Wars.

Whereas such officers who served at three or less actions received the Army Gold Medal with or without clasp, the Cross was awarded for four or more actions.

Each arm of the medal bears the name of an action in which the recipient served. The maximum number of clasps on one Cross is nine, commemorating thirteen actions in all; not surprisingly this was awarded to the Duke of Wellington.

Army Gold Medal: Army Gold Cross

The Cross was used as the model for the VC.

Volunteer Decoration

(for Officers after 20 years efficient service)

This medal had the post-nominals VD which for obvious reasons became an embarrassment as the same letters were used as a diminutive for venereal disease.
This led to the joke that soldiers still tell about their medal entitlements being "VD & scars"
This decoration was instituted in July 1892 for the purpose of rewarding 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years. In 1894 the decoration was introduced for officers of Volunteer Forces in India and the Colonies (although in the case of India the length of qualifying service was reduced to eighteen years).
Colonial and Indian officers were issued with different volunteer decorations from May 1899.
Their version had the letters "VRI" (Victoria Regina Imperatrix) in place of the "VR" (Victoria Regina)