New Zealand: Boer War: Queen Victoria / Departure of N.Z. Troops from Otago
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Form:
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Circular. Holed at 12 o'clock
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By:
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Moller & Young |
Date:
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1900 |
Ref:
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Morel: 1900/7; Laidlaw: 1104;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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24 mm | Gilded Bronze | | $130 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Signed: "M" below. Legend: "FOR QUEEN & COUNTRY"
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Reverse:
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Within a laurel(?) wreath tied at the bottom, across: "TO / COMMEMORATE (in an arc) / THE / DEPARTURE / OF / N.Z. TROOPS / FROM / OTAGO / MARCH 1900".
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Notes:
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Otago is a region in the southern part of the South Island. The Fourth New Zealand Contingent was mostly recruited from this regions with a total strength was 462 men. The troops from Otago and Southland departed for South Africa, sailing from Port Chalmers on 24 March 1900.
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