Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Colonial Trooper Shooting
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Form:
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Circular. Sometimes fitted with an ornate claw suspension bar and blue ribbon
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By:
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A. Fenwick, Birmingham |
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Date:
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1900 (?) |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0939a;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 38.5 mm | White Metal | 31.7 gn | $45 | | 38.5 mm | Bronzed White Metal | 31.2 gm | $45 | | 38.4 mm | Bronze | 24.7 gm | $45 |
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Edge:
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Plian. Thickness of white metal medals 5.0 - 5.2 mm. Thickness of bronze medal 4.1 mm.
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Obverse:
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Within an ornate border round the rim, Veiled and diademed head of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "A. FENWICK. F. BIRM" on the truncation. Legend: "VICTORIA (left) REGINA (right)".
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Reverse:
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Colonial trooper wearing hat, shooting from the kneeling position on ground, left.
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Notes:
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Believed to have been issued in Australia as a shooting medal during the Boer War.
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