Medal - Relief of Mafeking Military Medal
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Features
| Location |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Military medals |
| Year | 1900 |
| Composition | Gilding metal plated copper |
| Weight | 5.5 g |
| Diameter | 22.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 77197 |
| References | Carlisle# 1900/9 Leslie J. Carlisle, Bob Climpson; 2008. Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988. Self-published, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.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. , Laidlaw# 0115bSouth African Commemorative Medals (https://www.southafricanmedals.com/) |
Commemorative issue
Relief of Mafeking
Obverse
An image of Lord Baden Powell
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CORNAL BADEN POWELL
DEFENCE OF MAFEKING
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RELIEF OF MAFEKING
AND
BADEN
POWELL
THE HERO
WHO KEPT THE
FLAG FLYING
FOR OVER
215 DAYS
MAY 1900
Mint
Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, Australia (1893-date)Comments
Celebrates the victory of Relief/Defence/Battle of Mafeking by Lord Baden Powell during the Boer War.
Other varietys exist especially in the wording of how many days the siege took place.
Other varietys exist especially in the wording of how many days the siege took place.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1900 | |||||||||||||||
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