SA Union: First World War Peace: Verulam
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o'clock for a ring to a red-white blue narrow ribbon
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By:
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Date:
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1919 |
Ref:
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AM2: 174; Laidlaw: 0720;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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26.1 mm | Bronze | 9.3 gm | $10 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Within a raised laurel wreath tied at the bottom, dove flying right, sea with radiant sun on horizon below. In an arc above: “PEACE”.
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Reverse:
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Across: “VERULAM – NATAL (in an arc) / (semicircular ornament) / SOUTH AFRICA / (line) / PEACE / CELEBRATIONS / 1919 / THE GREAT WAR (in an arc)”.
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Notes:
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Verulam (population 63,000) is a town 27 kilometers north of Durban inhabited mainly by people of Indian descent.
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