MEDAL COLLECTION: East African Wildlife Society Big Game Animals: Bid per Medal to take all 20

You are bidding per medal to take all twenty in the collection. If you bid R250, then it is R250 x 20 = R5000.00

The East African Wildlife Society commissioned this series of 20 bronze medals that portray African big game animals in danger of extinction. Sculptor Anthony Jones made a 1600 mile trek through Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda so that he might study and accurately sketch the animals at first hand. The set was issued in 1971-1972.

Each medal is a massive 51 millimetres in diameter and weighs 57.4 grams (twice the size of a crown of 5-shilling piece!)

The animals depicted are:-

1) Elephants

2) Impalas

3) African Buffalo

4) Thomson’s Gazelles

5) Black Rhinos

6) Roan Antelope

7) Sable Antelopes

8) Reticulated Giraffes

9) Klipspringers

10) Cheetahs

11) Warthogs

12) Eland

13) Wildebeest

14) Grevy’s Zebras

15) Gorillas

16) Hippopotami

17) Gerenuks

18) Lions

19) Kongoni Hartebeests

20) Leopard

Please see following pictures (it was very difficult to take them due to their brightness and protective encapsulation) ...

The first shows the gigantic size of a medal compared to that of a modern R5 coin

The second picture shows the obverse (front) and reverse (back) of the Lion Medal.

The following picture shows the Leopard and Elephant medals ...

The following four pictures shows 5 medals per picture ...

The last picture shows the whole collection that also includes a booklet of 10 pages describing all the depicted animals with beautiful drawings...

Remember that you are bidding PER MEDAL to take all 20 medals.

Because of the extreme weight, postage costs will be R100 for registered postage. Please ask the seller a question if the Overnight Counter-to-Counter option should be required.

No overseas bidders please.

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