Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria: Peace Celebration South Africa
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Form:
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Circular. Sometimes holed at 12 o’clock for a ribbon
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By:
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S.F.L. (?) |
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Date:
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1900 |
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Ref:
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AM: 38; Hern: 94; Laidlaw: 0543;
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Variations:
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| 37.8 mm | White Metal | 16.2 gm | $55 |
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Edge:
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Plain
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Obverse:
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Bust of Queen Victoria, left, crowned (small), veiled and laureate. Signed: "S.F.L." on truncation. Laurel branch to the left and below. Legend: “QUEEN AND EMPRESS”.
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Reverse:
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In the centre, four crossed flag standards, two on the left and two on the right, linked together in the middle by a caduceus with spilling cornucopiae on each side. Above, a radiant cartouche surmounted by crown, inscribed: “PEACE / CELEBRATION” around an oval showing clasped hands. Below the flags on two scrolls with laurel branches behind: “SOUTH AFRICA / 1900”.
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Notes:
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