Transport Medal

{{Infobox military award

|name= Transport Medal

|image={{multiple image|image1=Transport Medal - Obverse.jpg|width1=126 |image2=Transport Medal - Reverse.jpg |width2=126 |align=center}}

|caption= Obverse and reverse of medal

|presenter= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

|type= Campaign medal

|eligibility= Mercantile Marine officers

|awarded_for= Campaign service

|campaign=

|status=

|description= Silver disk 36 mm wide

|clasps=

• S.AFRICA 1899-1902
• CHINA 1900

|established= 1903

|total_awarded=1,719

|image2= Transport Medal BAR.svg

|image2_size= 100px

|caption2= Ribbon: red with two blue stripes

}}

The Transport Medal was a British campaign medal sanctioned on 8 November 1903{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|page=210. Published Spink, London. 1988}} and awarded by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. It was awarded to masters and officers{{efn|Specifically, Masters, First, Second and Third Officers, First, Second and Third Engineers, Pursers and Surgeons.}} of merchant ships employed by the Transport Service to move troops to either South Africa during the South African War or to China during the Boxer Rebellion.{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/transport1899_1902.htm |title=The Transport Medal 1899-1902 |publisher=North East Medals |accessdate=6 October 2010}}{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=William |title= Medals: The Researcher's Guide |date= 31 May 2006 |page=38 |publisher= The National Archives, Richmond, Surrey, England |isbn= 1-903365-63-5}} The officers of hospital ships also qualified.

It was intended that the medal would be awarded for any future campaign where a medal was issued to the troops taking part, but it was not awarded again after the South Africa and China wars.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Medal for Transport Service |author=|department=Official Appointments and Notices |date=10 November 1902 |page=8 |issue=39621 |column=D }}{{Cite book |last=Dorling |first=H. Taprell |authorlink= H. Taprell Dorling |date=1956 |title=Ribbons and Medals |location=London |publisher=A.H.Baldwin & Sons |pages=74–75 |oclc=930416375}}

The medal, {{convert|1.4|in|mm}} in diameter, is silver and has a plain straight swivel suspender. The obverse bears the head of King Edward VII in Royal Navy uniform, with the inscription EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR.
The reverse depicts HMS Ophir beneath a map of the world with, below, the words in Latin OB PATRIAM MILITIBUS PER MARE TRANSVECTIS ADJUTAM which translates as for services rendered in transporting troops by sea.
The recipient's name, although not his rank or ship, is impressed in block capitals on the rim of the medal. However for those who were ship masters the notation "IN COMMAND" was added after their names.[https://www.angloboerwar.com/medals-and-awards/british/52-transport-medal Transport Medal]
The {{convert|1.25|in|mm}} wide ribbon is red, with a blue stripe towards each edge.