SA Union: Visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to South Africa: Pretoria
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Form:
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Circular with crimped lug for a suspension plate to a narrow red-white-blue ribbon.
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By:
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Percy Metcalfe |
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Date:
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1925 |
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Ref:
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AM: 197; Laidlaw: 0030c;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 27.8 mm | Bronzed Base metal | 11.8 gm | $5 |
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Edge:
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Plain
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Obverse:
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Bareheaded bust the Prince in jacket, left. Signed: “PM” below. Legend around: “EDWARD . PRINCE(left) OF WALES (right)”.
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Reverse:
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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. Signed: “P.M” at the foot. Legend above: “PRETORIA (left) JUNE 20TH. (right)” and below divided by the fasces: “1925”.
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Notes:
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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.
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