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Argentina: Boer War: Kruger "El Heroe Del Transval" / Doctor Andreu

Argentina: Boer War: Kruger "El Heroe Del Transval" / Doctor AndreuArgentina: Boer War: Kruger "El Heroe Del Transval" / Doctor Andreu
Form: Circular
By: ?
Date: c 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0473a;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
32.0 mmBrass12.3 gm$25

Edge: Plain

Obverse: Bareheaded bust of Kruger in jacket, front.. Legend above: “EL HEROE DEL TRANSVAL (the hero from the Transvaal)” and below: “KRUGER”

Reverse: In the centre across between two horizontal lines: “DOCTOR ANDREU”. Above: “PASTILLAS CONTRA LA (in an arc) / TOS (large letters across)”. Below: “PAPELES AZOADOS / CONTRA EL / ASMA (large letters in an arc)”. To the right close to the rim: “FEU BNA”.

Notes: An South American advertising medal probably from Argentina.

Salvador Andreu i Grau (1841-1928) was an extraordinarily successful entrepreneur. He built a chain of pharmacies in his home town of Barcelona and then expanded to Europe and Latin America.