Kings South Africa Medal Bars Required?:No bars required this award was originally known

this award was originally known as the Conspicuous Service Cross and was issued for gallantry in presence of the enemy to warrant and subordinate officers of the RN who were ineligible (on account of their rank) for the Distinguished Service Order

Churchill's bowler hat

Insitutued in 1854 this medal continued with the same young head of Queen Victoria on the obverse for 41 years

GSM's we awarded named with service details

Bust of Charles Darwin made in British Gypsum Plaster

Kings South Africa Medal Bars Required?:No bars required this award was originally knownAwarded to those who served in South Africa during 1901 and 1902, always issued with the Queen's medal and usually issued with the two date bars. There are rare instances of a single clasp and as with the Queen's medal, awards to nurses are usually found without clasp regardless of entitlement to them.