New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Success to 4th Contingent
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Form:
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Circular, holed at 12 o'clock
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By:
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Moller & Young |
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Date:
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1900 |
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Ref:
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Hern: 974; Morel: 1900/11 (R7); Laidlaw: 1179;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 23.9 mm | Gilded Bronze | 5.1 gm | $210 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "M" below. Legend: "FOR QUEEN & COUNTRY."
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Reverse:
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Crossed flag standards, New Zealand (left) British Union (right). Legend within two concentric beaded borders, above: "SUCCESS TO 4TH. CONTINGENT" and below between doubled-stops: "1900".
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Notes:
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The "4TH" on the reverse die has been stamped over "3RD" of Morel 1900/9.
4th (and 5th) New Zealand Contingents departed 24 March 1900 from Port Chalmers, Dunedin and again on 31 March from Lyttelton, Christchurch. The total strength was 462 men divided into four companies, two from Otago and Southland in the South Island and two from the North Island. They disembarked at Beira, Mozambique, at the end of April and crossed through Rhodesia to enter the war in Transvaal from the north.
At the end of May and beginning of June 1901 the 4th and 5th contingents sailed for home.
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