United Kingdom. A South Africa Medal, to J. Jansen, Cape Mounted Rifles, 1853 Newly Listed Measuring 211 mm (w) x

Measuring 211 mm (w) x 149 mm (h)

with loss and dim of white enamel mainly on the reverse

The frontispiece has a photograph of George Porteous

the lid bearing the Bulgarian lion and inscribed "ОРДЕНЪ / СВ

measures 208 mm (w) x 150 mm (h)

United Kingdom. A South Africa Medal, to J. Jansen, Cape Mounted Rifles, 1853 Newly Listed Measuring 211 mm (w) xInstituted 1854. In silver, rim officially impressed J. JANSEN. CAPE MD RIFLEMEN. on replacement ribbon, notable edge bruises on the rim, bright, scratches and wear, very fine. Footnote: J. Jansen was a member of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, a locally raised colonial force employed on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. He was awarded the South Africa Medal for service in the Xhosa (Frontier) Wars between 1834 and 1853. Units such as the Cape