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Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Relief of Mafeking

Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Relief of MafekingAustralia: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Relief of Mafeking
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Stokes of Melbourne
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 680; Carlisle: 1899-00/12; Laidlaw: 0328;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.7 mmBronze4.8 gm$30

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: In the centre within a circular frame crowned at the top, diademed and veiled head of Queen Victoria, left, against a background of two crossed standards bearing Australian flag (left) and the Royal arms (right). In arcs below: “BRITISH / TRANSVAAL WAR / 1899-1900”.

Reverse: Across: “AND / BADEN- / POWELL / THE HERO / WHO KEPT THE / FLAG FLYING / FOR OVER / 215 DAYS (in an arc”. Legend on a band with beaded borders: “RELIEF OF MAFEKING”, and below between stars: “MAY 1900”.

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