Great Britain: Boer War Memorial, PAX / `Gave their Lives for King and Country` - 52mm Silver Medal

Great Britain: Boer War Memorial, PAX / "Gave their Lives for King and Country"

52mm Silver Medal

SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899 - 1902

Weight: 69.22 grams

REF: AM: 39; Hern: 96,; BHM: 3876; Eimer: 1850; Laidlaw: 0006b

Laidlaw: Obverse: Helmeted figure of Bellona stands on a rocky ledge in the act of sheathing her sword. Below her, columns of cavalry and infantry marching along the coast towards ships waiting in a bay. To the left, above a headland, a radiant sun, inscribed: PAX (peace). At the foot signed: E. FUCHS.

Reverse: Winged angel with olive-branch kneeling over a fallen soldier clutching a flag standard. Beyond, soldiers and tents on a battlefield. Above, and between the outstretched wings of the angel: TO THE / MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY. Below, a plaque flanked by a palm fond (left) and a laurel branch (right) tied together with a ribbon at the foot inscribed: SOUTH AFRICAN / CAMPAIGN / 1899 1902. At the base of the plaque, signed: EMIL (left) FUCHS (right). At the foot, the makers mark which is either: ELKINGTON (on the 70 mm medal) or E&Co. (on the two smaller medals) 

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