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New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Flag "Success to NZ Contingent"

New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Flag "Success to NZ Contingent"New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Flag "Success to NZ Contingent"
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Stokes of Melbourne (?)
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 940; Morel: 1899-1900/1; Laidlaw: 0523;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.5 mmGilded Bronze5.2 gm$30

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Veiled and diademed old-head bust of Queen Victoria, left, similar to coinage. Legend: “BRITISH TRANSVAAL WAR”.

Reverse: Within a beaded circle, the United Tribes of New Zealand flag, waving from a pole on the left. Below in an arc: “1899”. Legend above: “SUCCESS TO NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT” and below between stops: “1900”.

Notes: Similar to Laidlaw 0089a for Australian Contingents by Stokes of Melbourne.