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Australia: Boer War: “One People One Destiny”

Australia: Boer War: “One People One Destiny”Australia: Boer War: “One People One Destiny”
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Amor, Sydney / WJA (?)
Date: c1900
Ref:  Carlisle: O/2; Laidlaw: 0361;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
24.8 mmBronze6.6 gm$30

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: 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”.

Reverse: Mounted Australian soldier on a galloping horse, left, ground below. Legend: “FOR BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE”.

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