Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Imperial Soldier Shooting
|
|
|
Form:
|
Circular. Sometimes fitted with an ornate claw suspension bar and blue ribbon
|
By:
|
A. Fenwick, Birmingham |
Date:
|
1900 (?) |
Ref:
|
Laidlaw: 0939b;
|
Variations:
|
Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
---|
38.4 mm | White Metal | 31.6 gn | $45 |
|
Edge:
|
Plain. Thickness 4.8 mm
|
Obverse:
|
Within an ornate border round the rim, Veiled and diademed head of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "A. FENWICK. F. BIRM" on the truncation. Legend: "VICTORIA (left) REGINA (right)".
|
Reverse:
|
Helmeted imperial soldier, shooting from the kneeling position on ground, left. Signed: "A. FENWICK. F" on the right end of the truncation of the ground. Legend: "IN DEFENCE".
|
Notes:
|
Believed to have been issued in Australia as a shooting medal during the Boer War.
|