Medal - Canada`s Brave Boys Home From South African Service

€310,667.00

Location	Canada
Year	1900
Type	Commemorative medals/Military medal
Composition	(White metal)
Weight	19.4 g
Diameter	34 mm
Thickness
Shape	Round
Technique
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice	P.W. Ellis, Co. of Toronto
Reference(s)	Hern#872, McColl#65, TC#186484

Obverse description	A vertical sword dividing the field. At the top, surrounding the sword’s hilt, a laurel wreath, a dove with outstretched wings, facing downwards, holding a ribbon.
Obverse lettering	CANADA`S BRAVE BOYS SOUTH AFRICA 1900 WELCOME HOME
Obverse script
Reverse description	Beneath a grape vine, a woman and dog rush to welcome a uniformed Canadian soldier shouldering a rifle.
Reverse lettering
Reverse script
Engraver	P.W. Ellis & Co., Toronto, Canada (1852-1928)
Mintage	ND (1900) - -
Catalog ID	4553520100
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