Gold Plated 1 OUNCE Silver Medallion 37 grams - HIPPOPOTAMUS - SA Wildlife Society 50th Anniversary

SIZE: 45.0mm   

MASS: 36-37 grams - 1 OUNCE

METAL: Gilded Silver

Mintage of 10 000 sets worldwide only 

This beautiful medaliion is 1 of a set of 24, each featuring a different South African animal.

One medal was issued each month between July 1976 and June 1978

OBVERSE:

Features an artistic rendition of a different South African animal, one released each month between July 1976 and June 1978:

1.) Baboon  2.) Buffalo  3.) Cheetah  4.) Crocodile  5.) Elephant  6.) Fish Eagle  7.) Giraffe  8.) Green Mamba  9.) Hippopotamus  10.) Hyena  11.) Impala  12.) Jackal  13.) Kudu  14.) Leopard  15.) Lion  16.) Oryx  17.) Rhinoceros  18.) Sable Antelope  19.) Secretary Bird  20.) Vervet Monkey  21.) Warthog  22.) Waterbuck  23.) Wildebeest  24.) Zebra.

REVERSE:

Features a stylised Sable Antelope within a rounded rectangle the emblem of the Wildlife Society.

Legend: ANNIVERSARY 50 (larger letters at the top) HERDENKING with an ornament at the foot. Stamped with the gilded sterling silver mark of the Africana Commemorative Mint.