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Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Major Cameron Tasmania’s Hero

Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Major Cameron Tasmania’s HeroAustralia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Major Cameron Tasmania’s Hero
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Stokes of Melbourne
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 676; Carlisle: 1899-00/10; Laidlaw: 0708;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.8 mmGilded Bronze5.1 gm$45

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 Major Cameron in uniform, left with head turned partly to the front. Legend: “MAJOR C. ST.C. CAMERON TASMANIA’S HERO

Notes: Major Cyril St. Clair Cameron served in South Africa as an officer with the Tasmanian Mounted Infantry. After the war he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 26th Light Horse, Tasmanian Mounted Infantry. In 1916 he was gazetted honorary colonel of the 26th Light Horse, Tasmanian Mounted Infantry,