Nurses were awarded the medal without clasp regardless of whether their service would have qualified them for any

Military hat

this medal represents one of the distinguished gallantry awards associated with Royal Air Force service

Why Was It Called The Death Penny

A silver bar ornamented by the Crown may be issued to MC holders performing a further act of such gallantry which would have merited award of the MC

Queens South Africa Medal Category_Gallantry 2nd Awards Nurses were awarded the medalAwarded for the second Anglo Boer war of 1899 1902, the first versions of this medal had the dates 1899 1900 raised on the reverse. Once it was realised the war was to continue, these dates were filled in and consequently the appear as 'ghost dates' on the reverse of some medals. A later die was then made with the dates removed completely but Britannia's hand on the reverse was pointed to the F in Africa rather than the R on earlier versions. 26