RSA (Pre-1994): Mohandas K. Gandhi Birth Centenary |
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Form: | Circular | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By: | E. Tiessen (Pty) Ltd. | ||||||||
| Date: | 1969 | ||||||||
| Ref: |
Laidlaw: 1431; |
||||||||
| Variations: |
|
||||||||
| Edge: |
Plain. Stamped with the 1ssue number: "0411" and the maker's hallmarks "ET+ 22CT (springbok head) v (date letter for 1969)" |
||||||||
| Obverse: |
Bareheaded bust of Gandhi wearing dhoti (loincloth) and spectacles, half right, looking downwards. Signed: "W.G." below. Legend above: "MOHANDAS K. GANDHI" and below between stops: "CENTENARY". |
||||||||
| Reverse: |
State emblem of the Republic of India. Legend in Gujarati translated to English: "Mohandas K. Gandhi 1869 Centenary 1969". |
||||||||
| Notes: |
Comes inside a white, square fitted case, lined on the inside with white silk-like and red velvet-like material. Embossed on the outside of the lid in gold, a replica of the medal. On the inside of the lid: "Mohandas K. Gandhi / Centenary / 1869-1969". Also comes with a numbered certificate: "0411" from the maker stating a mintage of 2,000. It is believed that this medal was issued for sale to the local South African Indian community and possible for export to India. Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) was the leader of Indian nationalism, which gained independence for India in 1947 from Great Britain. Gandhi was a lawyer and practised in South Africa for 21 years between 1893 and 1914. He served in both the Boer War and in the Natal Rebellion, leading an Indian corps of ambulance drivers and stretcher bearers. On January 30, 1948 he was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist. |
||||||||
