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Burnham 1902 collection

Major Frederick Russell Burnham photograph taken in London on the day he received from King Edward VII the cross of the Distinguished Service Order, second highest decoration in the British Army, for his heroism during the "victorious" March to Pretoria (2-5 June 1900), during the Second Boer War. Burnham's two other medals shown in photo: the Queen's South Africa Medal with four bars (Driefontein (10 Mar 1900); Johannesburg (31 May 1900); Paardeberg (17-26 Feb 1900); Cape Colony (11 Oct 1899 - 31 May 1902); and the British South Africa Company Medal, earned in the First Matabele War. The black armband was worn in mourning for the recent death of Queen Victoria.

Date
1901
Collection
Bain News Service
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
2,208 × 3,109 pixels

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Reason: Bain News Service collection at the Library of Congress: no known restrictions on publication.

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"Burnham 1902 collection" (1901). Bain News Service. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burnham_1902_loc_collection.jpg

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