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SA Union: Voortrekker Centenary: Ox Wagon / Burning Candle

SA Union: Voortrekker Centenary: Ox Wagon / Burning CandleSA Union: Voortrekker Centenary: Ox Wagon / Burning Candle
Form: Circular with attached lug for link ring to long chain with horseshoe on the other end
By: Koninklijke-Begeer, Utrecht, Holland
Date: 1938
Ref:  AM2: 258; Laidlaw: 0908;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
25.0 mmCopper-Nickel10.8 gm (with horsedhoe)$10

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Stationary ox wagon. Legend above: "VOORTREKKER-EEUFEES. In the exergue: "1838-1938".

Reverse: Within a chain border, a tall candlestick holding a lit candle, from which rays emanate. To the left and right of the chain are symbols representing oxen heads.

Notes: The reverse of the medal is a symbolic representation of the battle of Blood River in which the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius and his commando of 470 men (candle) within a laager 64 wagons (chain) defeated the forces of the Zulu king Dingane (oxen heads) on 16 December 1838.