British South Africa Company Medal

The three medals are the same except for name of the campaign for which the medal was issued, inscribed on the reverse. In 1927, the government of Southern Rhodesia re-issued the medal and instituted a new clasp, to commemorate the Pioneer Column that operated within Mashonaland in 1890. Those previously awarded the medal were required to exchange it for the new version. The majority of awards were to colonial and locally raised troops, rather than members of the regular British Army.

• Name — British South Africa Company Medal • Presenter — the British South Africa Company • Type — Medal • Awarded For — Service in the Matabele Wars • Campaign — * First Matabele War • Second Matabele War • Pioneer Column • Description — Circular silver medal, 36 mm in diameter. • Clasps — Matabeleland 1893, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897, Mashonaland 1890 • Established — 1896, 1897, 1927 • Image2 — Ribbon bar

The recipient's first eligible campaign is inscribed on the reverse, either MATABELELAND 1893, RHODESIA 1896 or MASHONALAND 1897, with any subsequent campaign indicated by an appropriate clasp. The one exception is the medal for Mashonaland 1890, issued in 1927, where the reverse bears no details of the campaign, with all eligible campaigns represented by a clasp. The four clasps issued were: • Matabeleland 1893 (Only awarded with the 1927 medal. Originally recipients received the medal without clasp, with the campaign inscribed on the reverse) • Rhodesia 1896 • Mashonaland 1897 • Mashonaland 1890 (Awarded in 1927) Four men were entitled to the medal with all four bars, although only one was issued. Twelve medals were awarded with three bars.

• Robert Baden-Powell - service in: Rhodesia (1896) • Frederick Russell Burnham - service in: Matabeleland (1893); Rhodesia (1896) • James ffolliott Darling • Col. Frank Rhodes • Frederick Selous - service in: Mashonaland (1890); Matabeleland (1893); Rhodesia (1896)