Australia: Boer War: Colonel Baden-Powell / Town of Deniliquin
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock
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By:
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Stokes of Melbourne |
Date:
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1900 |
Ref:
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Hern: 698; Carlisle: 1899-00/21; Laidlaw: 0515;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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31.3 mm | Gilded Bronze | 12.6 gm | $60 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Uniformed bust of Baden-Powell wearing hat, front and slightly to left. On a band around above: “HERO OF MAFEKING” and below between stops: “BRITISH TRANSVAAL WAR 1899.00”.
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Reverse:
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Within a raised border with a zig-zag pattern, a view of building. In an arc above: “TOWN HALL DENILIQUIN”. In the exergue on a raised rectangle: “G.H. PERRIN” and below in an arc: “MAYOR”.
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Notes:
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Deniliquin is a town in New South Wales close to the border with Victoria.
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