Medal - Cape Town Quincentenary of the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias

Medal - Cape Town (Quincentenary of the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias) - obverseMedal - Cape Town (Quincentenary of the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias) - reverse

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Features

Location South Africa
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1988
Composition Brass
Weight 20.8 g
Diameter 37.5 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
88162
References Laidlaw# 0595a
South African Commemorative Medals (https://www.southafricanmedals.com/)

Commemorative issue

Quincentenary of the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias – Cape Town

Obverse

Port broadside view of a Portugese caravel with a cross on the sail. Legend below.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIAS88

Reverse

Legend in 3 lines and around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KAAPSTAD - CAPETOWN
VYFEEUFEES
QUINCENTENARY
FESTIVAL
1488 – 1988

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1451 – 29 May 1500) also called Bartholomew Diaz, was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope (Cabo da Boa Esperança) showed Europeans there was a feasible route to India around the storm-driven southern tip of Africa.
"DIAS88" was the catch-name given to the the celebrations in South Africa to mark the quin-centenary.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1988 

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