Great Britain: Boer War: Advertising Johnson Bros., Harborne, Birmingham
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Form:
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Pressed Metal with attached loop for a stick-pin. Eight pointed star
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By:
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Johnson Bros., Harborne, Birmingham |
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Date:
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1900 |
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Ref:
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Hern: 580; Laidlaw: 1187;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 35.5 mm (tip to tip) | Tin (?) | 2.2 gm | $12 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Central roundel with rays extending to the rim of the star. On roundel, across in arcs: "1900 / SOUTH AFRICAN / WAR (straight) / JOHNSON BROS. / HARBORNE".
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Reverse:
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Central roundel with rays extending to the rim of the star. Roundel blank.
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Notes:
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The reverse should have a cardboard printed image attached to the roundel. Hern shows Lord Roberts.
Johnson Bros. (Harborne) Ltd was a manufactures of children's boxed games like tiddlywinks. In 1897 the factory was established by Joseph Johnson, named the Chad Valley Works, in Harborne near Birmingham
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