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SA Union: First World War Peace: Cradock

SA Union: First World War Peace: CradockSA Union: First World War Peace: Cradock
SA Union: First World War Peace: CradockSA Union: First World War Peace: Cradock
SA Union: First World War Peace: CradockSA Union: First World War Peace: Cradock
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By: ?
Date: 1919
Ref:  AM2: 155; Laidlaw: 0387;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
31.2 mmCopper-Bronze14.1 gm$10
31.3 mmDarkened Copper-Bronze11.7 gm$10
31 mmDarkened Copper-Bronze (no legend)$10

Edge: Plain

Obverse: Barehead of King George V, left (similar to coinage). Legend stamped on right in incused letters: "PEACE 1919"

Reverse: Within a circle, coat of arms of Cradock, ostrich feather on each side, with motto on a ribbon below: "PERSEVERANTIA VINCIT".

Notes: Cradock is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, founded in 1818. It was named after Sir John Cradock, governor of the Cape from 1811 to 1813.

Each character or digit in the obverse legend has been individually punched. In the third example, the legend has not been punched.