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New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria: Success to NZ Rough Riders

New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria: Success to NZ Rough RidersNew Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria: Success to NZ Rough Riders
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: J. Swan
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 952; Morel: 1899-1900/8; Laidlaw: 0465b;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.5 mmGilded Bronze5.7 gm$55

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Veiled and diademed old-head bust of Queen Victoria, left. Maker’s name: “SWAN” below the truncation. Legend: “BRITISH-TRANSVAAL WAR. 1899-1900.”.

Reverse: A horseshoe with the open end down. In front, a single stirrup and behind, an axe crossed with a whip. Legend above: “SUCCESS TO NEW ZEALAND”, and below between ornate stops: “ROUGH RIDERS”.

Notes: Variety with a hyphen between “BRITISH” and “TRANSVAAL and the point of the crown is between the two “A”s of “TRANSVAAL”