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Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Field-Marshal Lord Roberts

Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Field-Marshal Lord RobertsAustralia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Field-Marshal Lord RobertsAustralia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Stokes of Melbourne
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 662; Carlisle: 1899-00/3; Laidlaw: 0225a;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.7 mmSilver5.1 gm$50
22.7 mmGilded Bronze4.9 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: Bareheaded bust of Lord Roberts in uniform, half left. Legend: “FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS, V.C.”

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