Australia: Boer War: “One People One Destiny”
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock
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By:
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Amor, Sydney / WJA (?) |
Date:
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c1900 |
Ref:
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Carlisle: O/2; Laidlaw: 0361;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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24.8 mm | Bronze | 6.6 gm | $30 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Conjoined busts of a soldier wearing a lion-crested helmet flanked by two women, all facing left. The woman behind wearing a feathered hat and the one on front,a headdress of the Australian flag. Signed: “WJA” below the truncation. Legend: “ONE PEOPLE ONE DESTINY”.
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Reverse:
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Mounted Australian soldier on a galloping horse, left, ground below. Legend: “FOR BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE”.
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Notes:
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-
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