Great Britain: Boer War: United in the Cause of Freedom / Transvaal Souvenir (22mm)

Form:

Circular with and without attached loop.

By:

A. Fenwick

Date:

1900

Ref:

AM: 35 (similar); Hern: 88; Laidlaw: 0046c;

Variations:

Size	Metal	Mass	Value
22.1 mm	Silver	5.2 mm	$120
22 mm	Gilded Bronze	4.1 gm	$55
25 mm	Bronze (rope border)		$85
22.2 mm	Gilded Bronze (no loop)	4.1 mm	$55
25.3 mm	Gilded Bronze (rope border)	5.1 gm	$85

Edge:

Plane or with added rope border with loop.

Obverse:

Two shields inclined toward each other and overlapping. The left shield, representing the British Empire, is quartered with: (1) Star of India, (2) kangaroo – Australia, (3) scale balance – New Zealand and (4) beaver – Canada and with a small shield of the Cape Colony superimposed in the centre. On the right shield, the British Royal coat of arms. To the left, a garland with a rose (England), shamrocks (Ireland) and thistles (Scotland). To the right, a laurel branch. Above, the Imperial Crown. Two clasped hands across the divide between the shields at the bottom. On a ribbon below: “WE . SERVE . UNDER . ONE . CROWN”. Below the ribbon: “RD 355487”. Legend in ornate lettering above: “UNITED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM” and below between stops: “WE DEFEND OUR EMPIRE”.

Reverse:

To the left, a sailor with rifle at attention; to the right, a soldier with rifle at the ready, stand guard over the British Union flag between them on a flagpole surmounted by a crown. Behind, two artillery pieces facing outwards and in the background, a ship behind the sailor and a tent behind the soldier. Legend in ornate lettering above divided by the flag pole: “TRANSVAAL (left) SOUVENIR (right) /1899 (left) 1900 (right)”. In the exergue in ornate letters: “THE QUEEN / GOD BLESS HER (in an arc)”. Signed on the left close to the rim: “FENWICK. D. F”. On the right near the rim: “RD 355487”.

Notes:

Later version of this medal.