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Colony of Natal: Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Cross: Banfield & Co., Pietermaritzburg

Colony of Natal: Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Cross: Banfield & Co., PietermaritzburgColony of Natal: Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Cross: Banfield & Co., Pietermaritzburg
Form: Cross pattée with central medallion and attached suspension bar for a red-white-blue ribbon.
By: ?
Date: 1887
Ref:  AM2: 35; Laidlaw: 0252;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
36.7 mm (Across)Brass8.8 gm$25

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: On the medallion, the veiled head of Queen Victoria, left. On the arms of the cross: left: "BORN 1819" and shamrocks, top: "CROWNED 1838" and a crown, right: "MARRIED 1840" and thistles, bottom: "JUBILEE 1887" and rose. On the bar: "REGD No 5277".

Reverse: On the arms of the cross: "From / BANFIELD & Co (top across) WARWICK (right down) HOUSE (left down) PIETERMARITZBURG (bottom across)".

Notes: Nothing is known about Banfield & Co.