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Pioneers of South Africa Silver Meddalion - Thomas Baines
This medal of Thomas Baines was minted in Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver), weighs 15 grams and is 33 mm in diameter.
It formed part of a set of 24 medallions depicting Pioneers of Southern Africa
Minted By the South African Historical Mint ( Beautifully Struck in Proof )
(John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875) was an Englishartist and explorer of British colonialsouthern Africa and Australia. Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Baines was apprenticed to a coach painter at an early age. When he was 22 he left England for South Africa aboard the "Olivia" (captained by a family friend William Roome) and worked for a while in Cape Town as a scenic and portrait artist, and as official war artist during the so-called Eighth Frontier War for the British Army.
Above : Each Medal weighs between 15 and 16 Grams
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