RHODESIA - SHANGANI PATROL MEMORIAL - BRONZE REPLICA PANEL - SIZE 30.8 X 13.6cm -Wt 2.4kgs (8041)

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THIS BRONZE PANEL, IS A REPLICA OF THE WEST PANEL OF THE SHANGANI PATROL MEMORIAL, ALSO CALLED THE ALLAN WILSON MEMORIAL, WHICH STANDS ON A KOPJE IN THE MATOPOS (MATOBO) ZIMBABWE, WHERE RHODES AND OTHERS "DESERVING OF THEIR COUNTRY" ARE BURIED. THE MEN FEATURED ON THIS PANEL ARE: CAPT. BORROW (MTD), SGT. BROWN, TPR MONEY, SGT MJR. HARDING, MJR WILSON (MTD), CAPT. KIRTON (MTD), CPL. COLQUHOUN, AND CPL KINLOCH.  THE DESIGN OF THE PANELS WAS TAKEN FROM AN 1896 PAINTING BY ALLAN STEWART, DEPICTING THE PATROL'S LAST STAND, AND WHICH BELONGS TO THE BULAWAYO CITY COUNCIL. THE FAMOUS JOHN TWEED WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO THE PANELS IN BRONZE BAS RELIEF.  MAJOR ALLAN WILSON, COMMANDER OF THE VICTORIA RANGERS, WAS KILLED WITH 33 OTHER MEN ON 4 DECEMBER 1893, WHILST TRYING TO CAPTURE KING LOBENGULA, IN A PROTRACTED BATTLE WITH THE MATABELE.  THIS WAS PROBABLY A COMMEMORATIVE PIECE, EXACT HISTORY UNKNOWN. THERE ARE 2 SMALL DRILLED HOLES,AS SEEN, FOR HANGING.