Anglo-Boer War: de Wet & de la Reij: "Hands Off" Medallion

Anglo-Boer War: de Wet & de la Reij: "Hands Off" Medallion

Laidlaw # 0009a cataloguing at US$360 (R6 650.00).

 Laidlaw writes "The medal was commissioned by Baron Bachofen von Echt, an Austrian sympathetic with the Boer cause. The small lamb on the reverse is from the von Echt coat of arms. The proceeds from the sale were to go towards the support of dependents of Boer soldiers killed or wounded in battle.

The medal was issued to coincide with the visit to Europe after the Boer War of Generals Koos de la Rey and Christiaan de Wet who, together General Louis Botha, sought to raise funds for restoring the devastations of the war".