SA Union: First World War Peace: Meyerton
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock for a ring
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By:
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Date:
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1919 |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0405;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 30.8 mm | Copper-bronze | 18.7 gm | $10 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Barehead of King George V, left (similar to coinage).
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Reverse:
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Within a wreath of laurel (left) and a palm frond (right), a shield: “MEYERTON (stamped in an arc) / . 1919 . (in an arc)”. Superimposed above, a banner: “TO COMMEMORATE THE / VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION / OF THE GREAT WAR”.
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Notes:
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Meyerton is a small town lying 15 km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng Province, founded in 1891 and named after Johannes Petrus Meyer, a field cornet in the Transvaal Volksraad.
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