<p>Major Frederick Russell Burnham photograph taken in London on the day he received from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Edward_VII&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="King Edward VII (page does not exist)">King Edward VII</a> the cross of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>, second highest decoration in the British Army, for his heroism during the "victorious" March to Pretoria (2-5 June 1900), during the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Boer_War&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Second Boer War (page does not exist)">Second Boer War</a>. 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_South_Africa_Company&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="British South Africa Company (page does not exist)">British South Africa Company</a> Medal, earned in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Matabele_War&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="First Matabele War (page does not exist)">First Matabele War</a>.  The black armband was worn in mourning for the recent death of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>.
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Bain News Service, publisher
1901
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