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Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland

Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to IrelandGreat Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland
Form: Circular with attached loop.
By: ?
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0746;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
16.7 mmSilver2.3 gm$30

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Legend: “MOTHER QUEEN & EMPRESS”.

Reverse: Irish Harp at the top. Within a wreath of shamrocks not joined at the bottom, across: “QUEENS VISIT / TO / IRELAND / 1900 (in a shallow arc)”.

Notes: Queen Victoria visited the city of Dublin in Ireland during the month of April 1900. There she paid tribute the the valour of Irishmen who were fighting in the Boer War. She was then 80 years old and died the following year.