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Ireland: Boer War: Visit of Queen Victoria / To Commemorate British Valour

Ireland: Boer War: Visit of Queen Victoria / To Commemorate British ValourIreland: Boer War: Visit of Queen Victoria / To Commemorate British Valour
Form: Circular with attached loop
By: E. Johnson, Dublin
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0706;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
16.8 mmBrass2.1 gm$25

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Within a beaded border round the rim, veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "JOHNSON" below the truncation. Legend above: "VISIT OF H.M QUEEN VICTORIA TO IRELAND" and between stops below: "1900".

Reverse: Within a beaded border round the rim, folded ribbon decorated with shamrocks, roses and thistles inscribed: "TO / COMMEMORATE / British / VALOUR".

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.

Laidlaw 0460 is similar but is for "IRISH VALOUR".