Queen's Mediterranean Medal

{{Infobox Military Award

|name= Queen's Mediterranean Medal

|image= 151px151px

|caption=Obverse and reverse of the medal.

|presenter= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

|type= Campaign medal

|eligibility= British Army

|awarded_for= Campaign service

|campaign= Boer War 1899-1902

|status=

|description= Silver disk 36 mm wide

|clasps= None

|established= 1902

|total_awarded=5,000

|image2=Image:Queens South Africa Medal BAR.svgRibbon bar

}}

The Queen's Mediterranean Medal was a British campaign medal authorised by King Edward VII. It was awarded to Militia troops{{Cite book |last=Dorling |first=H. Taprell |authorlink= H. Taprell Dorling |date=1956 |title=Ribbons and Medals |location=London |publisher=A.H.Baldwin & Sons |page=72 |oclc=930416375}} who had replaced their regular British Army counterparts in the various military garrisons across the Mediterranean, in Gibraltar, Malta and Egypt.Seaforth Highlanders by John Sym, page 126 (1962, Gale & Polden, Aldershot) Confirms Seaforth Militia battalion served in Cairo. This allowed regular troops to be available for the Second Boer War.Medal Yearbook 2015 by J.W.Mussell, editor, page 166 (Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon)

Troops on the island of St. Helena who guarded Boer prisoners of war in the POW camp were awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal without clasp.

The medal and ribbon are identical to the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 except the inscription 'SOUTH AFRICA' has been replaced by the word 'MEDITERRANEAN' on the reverse of the medal. No clasps were awarded.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108055917/http://www.angloboerwar.com/medals/mediterranean_medal.htm Queen's Mediterranean Medal on Anglo Boer War.com] The recipient's name and details were impressed on the rim of the medal.British Battles and Medals, 6th edition. Edited by Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin, page 204 (1988, Spink, London)