Medal - 150th Anniversary of the Arrival of the 1820 Settlers
Medal - 150th Anniversary of the Arrival of the 1820 Settlers
€93,533.00
Location
South
Africa
Year
1970
Type
Souvenir medals/Event souvenir
Composition
Bronze
Weight
23.6 g
Diameter
38.1 mm
Thickness
2.4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Republic (1961-date)
Notice
Tommy Sasseen
Reference(s)
Obverse description
A family of six settles with their belongings all facing left; one boy pointing. Signed: “T.S.” below. Text across bottom section.
Obverse lettering
ON
APRIL 10, 1820, THE FIRST of 4000 BRITISH SETTLERS SET FOOT ON
SHORE AT ALGOA BAY THESE PEOPLE PLAYED A VITAL PART IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN AFRICA”
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Dates in large letters at the top across and at the bottom. Smaller lettering in the middle. The central text is separated above and below from the dates by a row of flowers. Above: rose (England), protea, thistle (Scotland) and strelitzia and below: shamrock (Ireland), aloe plant, two leaks (Wales) and two arum lilies. Signed “T.S.” below the leaks.
