Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Diameter 28.5. Composition Copper, Weight 11.8g
Made by Begeer, Utrecht, Holland.
Ref Numbers AM2: 141; Laidlaw: 0069;
The language festival was held three years after the Union of South Africa was formed. The promotion of the Dutch and Afrikaans languages was perceived as politically divisive and the festival, originally planned for 1912 in Cape Town, finally went ahead in Bloemfontein in March 1913. (Ref, Prof Laidlaw, southafricanmedals.com)