Boer War: Paul Kruger: "Aan De Dappere Strijders"

Boer War: Paul Kruger: "Aan De Dappere Strijders"

Laidlaw # 0051 cataloguing at R2 280.00.

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 issue of the medal was intended to coincide with Kruger's 75th birthday on 10th October 1900. Ironically on that day Kruger was in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, awaiting the ship that would take him to exile in Europe".