Rhodesian History Medallion Volume 1: First President C.W. Dupont ( Pure Silver)

Rhodesian History Medallion Volume 1: First President C.W. Dupont ( Pure Silver)

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Form:	Circular
By:	Trevor Wood / Matthews Manufacturing Co.
Date:	1975
Ref:	Laidlaw: 0896a;
	Size Metal Mass 42.3 mm Pure Silver 42.3 gm
Edge:	Plain. Stamped with issue number. This silver medal: 1425. This bronze medal: "0030".
Obverse:	Conjoined heads of Dupont and lion, right. Signed: "TW" below truncation. Legend above: "THE HON. C.W. DUPONT I.D." and below between stops: "FIRST PRESIDENT OF RHODESIA".
Reverse:	Baobab tree with roots and leaves with trunk dividing: "1970 1975". Monogram: "M" below.
Notes:	Comes in a cardboard frame labeled: " RHODESIAN HISTORY / MEDALLION / Volume One" mounted inside an oblong transparent plastic holder and presented in a green cardboard box with a certificate which states that 2,000 silver medals and 2,000 bronze medals were issued. Dupont was Deputy Prim Minister in the Smith Government between 1965 and 1970. When Rhodesia became a Republic in 1970 Dupont was made President replacing the Queen as Head of State. He retired in 1975.