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Great Britain: Boer War: Colonel Baden Powell / To Commemorate British Valour

Great Britain: Boer War: Colonel Baden Powell / To Commemorate British ValourGreat Britain: Boer War: Colonel Baden Powell / To Commemorate British Valour
Form: Circular holed at 12 o’clock
By:
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0835;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
16.8 mmSilver1.8 gm$22

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Bust of Baden-Powell in uniform wearing hat, front and slightly left. Legend: “COLONEL BADEN POWELL”.

Reverse: Ribbon twisting through roses, shamrocks and thistles inscribed: “TO / COMMEMORATE / BRITISH / VALOUR”.

Notes: The reverse is similar to Laidlaw 0460 by E. Johnson of Dublin to commemorate Irish valour.