Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / "Good Luck to Bushmens Corps"
|
|
|
|
|
Form:
|
Circular holed at 12 o’clock
|
|
By:
|
Stokes of Melbourne |
|
Date:
|
1900 |
|
Ref:
|
Carlisle: 1899-00/?; Laidlaw: 0114;
|
|
Variations:
|
| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
|---|
| 22.7 mm | Bronze | 4.9 gm | $40 |
|
|
Edge:
|
Plain
|
|
Obverse:
|
In the centre within a circular frame crowned at the top, diademed and veiled head of Queen Victoria, left, against a background of two crossed standards bearing Australian flag (left) and the Royal arms (right). In arcs below: “BRITISH / TRANSVAAL WAR / 1899-1900”.
|
|
Reverse:
|
A volunteer from the Bushmen’s Corps, on horseback left, scanning into the distance. Legend: “GOOD LUCK TO AUSTRALIAN BUSHMENS CORPS”. In the exergue: “1900”.
|
|
Notes:
|
-
|
