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RSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medals

RSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medalsRSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medals
RSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medalsRSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medals
RSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medalsRSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medals
RSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medalsRSA (Post-1994): Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Set of Six medals
Form: Circular
By: South African Mint / W. Lumley (obv 1 & 5), P. Botes (obv 2, 3 & 6), A. Minnie (obv 4), A.L. Sutherland (rev) from art work by Natanya van Niekerk
Date: 1999
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0738;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
27.0 mmFine Silver10.7 gm$125

Edge: Upright reeded.

Obverse: Each of the six medals shows a scene from the Boer War:
Medal 1: “FAREWELL / VAARWEL" & “11 OCTOBER / 1899”
Medal 2: “PAARDEBERG”
Medal 3: “SPIONKOP”
Medal 4: “THE SIEGES”
Medal 5: “THE GUERRILLA / PHASE”
Medal 6: “PEACE / VREDE” & “31 MAY 1902”.

Reverse: On grassy ground, two horsemen rear towards each other, British on left, Boer on right. Above is the reverse side of a ZAR Pond. Signed: "AL Sutherland" on ground. Below ground: “ANGLO-BOER / WAR / South Africa”. Below that on a narrow ornate cartouche: “1899 – 1902”. Near the lower left rim: “Ag 999”.

Notes: The medals are protected within transparent hard-plastic capsules and come inside in a black SA Mint Case with a certificate of authenticity which states that the maximum mintage was 300. This set in numbered 292 on the certificate.