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SA Union: Visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to South Africa: Wynberg

SA Union: Visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to South Africa: WynbergSA Union: Visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to South Africa: Wynberg
Form: Circular with crimped lug and ring for suspension
By: Percy Metcalfe
Date: 1925
Ref:  AM: 187 (similar); Laidlaw: 0030b;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
28 mmBronzed Base metal10 gm$7

Edge: Plain

Obverse: Bareheaded bust the Prince in jacket, left. Signed: “PM” below. Legend around: “EDWARD . PRINCE(left) OF WALES (right)”.

Reverse: Fasces (tied bundle of sticks symbolising the strength resulting from the unification of the old republics and colonies into South Africa) flanked on either side by Protea flowers and branches. Across the fasces in oppositely curved arcs: “WYNBERG / CAPE”.Signed: “P.M” at the foot. Legend above: “S. AFRICA (left) Z. AFRIKA (right)” and below divided by the fasces: “1925”.

Notes: Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972) was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary. Edward became King Edward VIII when his father died in early 1936. He abdicated in December of that year in favour of marriage to the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. His younger brother then became King George VI.

Between 30th April and 29th July 1925 the Prince toured Southern Africa. On a Royal train provided by the South African Railways, he visiting Cape Province, the Orange Free State, Basutoland, Natal, Transvaal, Swaziland, Southern & Northern Rhodesia and the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Wynberg is a southern suburb of the City of Cape Town.