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Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria: “Success to Australian Imperial Bushmen”

Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria: “Success to Australian Imperial Bushmen”Australia: Boer War: Queen Victoria: “Success to Australian Imperial Bushmen”
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: Stokes of Melbourne
Date: 1900
Ref:  Hern: 686; Carlisle: 1899-00/15; Laidlaw: 0555;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
22.7 mmGilded Bronze4.9 gm$40

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: Volunteer from the Australian Bushmen’s Corps, on horseback left, scanning into the distance. Legend: “SUCCESS TO AUSTRALIAN IMPERL. BUSHMEN”. In the exergue: “1900”.

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