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Generals of the Boer War Sterling Silver Meddalion - Redvers Buller
This huge medal of General George Villebois was minted in Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver), weighs 40 grams and is 44 mm in diameter.
It formed part of a set of 12 medallions depicting Boer and Brit Heroes of the Anglo Boer War
40 Grams of Sterling Silver ( Actual Silver Weight 38.8 Grams or 1.33 OZ )
Silver Value at Time of Listing : R 357.00
George Henri Anne-Marie Victor de Villebois-Mareuil (22 March 1847, Montaigu, Brittany, France - 6 April 1900, Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa) was a Colonel in the FrenchInfantry, and French Nationalist who fought and died on the side of the Boers during the Second Anglo-Boer War. He was the first of only two Boer foreign volunteers to be handed the grade of Major-General in the Boer Army. The second being his second in command Evgeni Maximov (1849–1904) after the death of Villebois-Mareuil. He took part in Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and drove the Prussians back from Blois.
Above : Each Medal weighs between 40 and 41 Grams
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Postage Cost R 35.00 ( Speed Mail @ R 70.00 )
