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Product details
Condition
Secondhand
Location
South Africa
Product code
Rhodesia Bronze Medallion
Bob Shop ID
642779057
Rhodesia History Bronze Medallion
Extract below is from a South African Medals website:-
Rhodesia: Rhodesian History Medallion Volume 1: First President C.W. Dupont
Form:
Circular
By:
Trevor Wood / Matthews Manufacturing Co.
Date:
1975
Ref:
Laidlaw: 0896a;
Variations:
Size
Metal
Mass
Value
42.3 mm
Pure Silver
42.3 gm
$45
42.2 mm
Gilded Bronze
39.1 gm
$20
Edge:
Plain. Stamped with issue number.
Obverse:
Conjoined heads of Dupont and lion, right. Signed: TW below truncation. Legend above: THE HON. C.W. DUPONT I.D. and below between stops: FIRST PRESIDENT OF RHODESIA.
Reverse:
Baobab tree with roots and leaves with trunk dividing: 1970 1975. Monogram: M below.
Notes:
Comes in a cardboard frame labeled: RHODESIAN HISTORY / MEDALLION / Volume One mounted inside an oblong transparent plastic holder and presented in a green cardboard box with a certificate which states that 2,000 silver medals and 2,000 bronze medals were issued.
Dupont was Deputy Prim Minister in the Smith Government between 1965 and 1970. When Rhodesia became a Republic in 1970 Dupont was made President replacing the Queen as Head of State. He retired in 1975.