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Medalet 'The Absent-Minded Beggar', silver
Location United
Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies) Year 1900 Type Commemorative medal Composition Silver Weight 5.6 g Diameter 22.4 mm Thickness Shape Round with a loop Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Edge Period Notice Frank Bowcher Reference(s) BHM# 3680 , Eimer# 1851b , Hern# 70 , AM# 27 , Fearon# 351.7 , Laidlaw# 0043b
Obverse description Full figure of a British soldier with rifle Obverse lettering THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
1899 -
1900 Obverse script Latin Reverse description Soldiers advancing right Reverse lettering THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER
THIS
MEDAL COM-
MEMORATES THE
MAGNIFICENT
RESPONSE OF
BRITAIN’S SONS
TO THE EMPIRE’S
CALL TO ARMS!
TRANSVAAL
WAR
1899-1900
DAILY MAIL KIPLING POEM Reverse script Latin Engraver Spink & Son Ltd, London, United Kingdom (1826-date) Mintage 1900 - - Catalog ID 8054833620 Comments
