Medal City of London Imperial Volunteers; bronze

Features

Location	United Kingdom
Type	Commemorative medals › Event medals
Year	1900
Composition	Brąz
Weight	229 g
Diameter	76 mm
Thickness	6.8 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Number	N# 403594
References	BHM# 3684 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Eimer# 1848 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Pinches# p29.5 John Harvey Pinches; 1987. Medals by John Pinches: A catalogue of works struck by the company from 1840 to 1969. Heraldry Today, London, United Kingdom. , AM# 76 Anna H. Smith; 1958. Commemorative Medals of the Z.A.R.: An Exhibition of the Collections in the Africana Museum and the Transvaal Museum Augmented by Special Loans, 17 November - 11 December, 1958. Africana Museum, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. , Laidlaw# 0047 South African Commemorative Medals (https://www.southafricanmedals.com/) , Hern# 178 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9^th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. , PCGS# 976179 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

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Commemorative issue

City of London Imperial Volunteers Automatically translated

Series: Corporation of London

Obverse

(en) Volunteer welcomed by seated figure of Londinia

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
PRO PATRIA
REGINA ET VRBE

Engraver: George James Frampton

Reverse

(en) Union and C.I.V. flags flying on mound encircled by young trees, two cannons in foreground, radiant sun behind

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
THE CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL VOLVNTEERS
RAISED AND EQVIPPED FOR THE WAR IN
SOVTH AFRICA
BY THE CITIZENS OF LONDON
FORMED DECEMBER 1899
RETVRNED TO LONDON
OCTOBER 1900

Engraver: George James Frampton

Mint

John Pinches Medallist Ltd, London, United Kingdom (1840-1980)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1900			550

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