Germany: Boer War: President Kruger / "Dem Tapferen Boerenvolke”
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Form:
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Circular with and without attached loop; or alternatively with an ornate rope-wire mounting for a ring to a red-white-blue vertically striped ribbon folded double over a horizontal orange ribbon
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By:
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Wolfgang Lauer of L. Chr. Lauer, Nuremberg Germany |
Date:
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1901 |
Ref:
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AM: 111; Hern: 250; ME: Germany 10; Laidlaw: 0477;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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21.8 mm | Bronze (wire mounting) | 3.1 gm | $130 | 22.0 mm | Gold Plated Bronze (wire mounting) | 3.4 gm | $140 | 21.9 mm | Gilded Bronze (attached loop) | 2.6 gm | $120 | 21.8 mm | Bronze (no loop) | 2.6 gm | $120 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Bare head and shoulder of Kruger, left. Signed at the foot either: “LAUER” on the bronze examples or: “L. CHR. LAUER NUREMB.” on the gold plated example. Legend: “PRÄSIDENT (left) KRÜGER (right)”.
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Reverse:
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Within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom, across: “DEM / TAPFEREN / BOERENVOLKE / 1900/1901 (on one line) (the brave Boer nation)”
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Notes:
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