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Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland

Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to IrelandGreat Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland
Form: Circular, holed at 12 o’clock
By: I. Walker
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0584;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
34.9 mmWhite Metal18.9 gm$12

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Old-head bust of Queen Victoria, left, veiled and diademed. Signed: "I WALKER" on the truncation. Legend above: "VICTORIA.DEI GRA.BRITT." and below: "1900".

Reverse: Monogram: "VR" on shield. Crown on Bible above, laurel wreath around, "IRELAND" on a ribbon below. Legend on a raised pebbled band: "IN COMMEMORATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO".

Notes: Queen Victoria visited the city of Dublin in Ireland during the month of April 1900. There she paid tribute the the valour of Irishmen who were fighting in the Boer War. She was then 80 years old and died the following year.