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Medal - 'The Absent-Minded Beggar'

Features

Location United Kingdom
Type Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year 1900
Composition Metal pozłacany plated brąz
Weight 48.6 g
Diameter 45.2 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Number
N#
403599
References BHM# 3680
Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).
, Eimer# 1851
Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes).
, Hern# 68
Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
, AM# 26
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.
, Fearon# 351.7
Daniel Fearon; 1984. Spink's Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals - 1558 To The Present Day: with valuations. Webb & Bower, Exeter, United Kingdom.
, Laidlaw# 0043a
South African Commemorative Medals (https://www.southafricanmedals.com/)

Commemorative issue

Druga wojna burskaAutomatically translated

Obverse

Pełna figurka brytyjskiego żołnierza z karabinemAutomatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
1899 -
1900

Engraver: Frank Bowcher

Reverse

Żołnierze idący w prawoAutomatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER
THIS
MEDAL COM-
MEMORATES THE
MAGNIFICENT
RESPONSE OF
BRITAIN’S SONS
TO THE EMPIRE’S
CALL TO ARMS!
TRANSVAAL
WAR
1899-1900
DAILY MAIL KIPLING POEM

Engraver: Frank Bowcher

Mint

Spink & Son Ltd, London, United Kingdom (1826-date)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1900 

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