Canada, Dominion. A Boer War Medal, 1901 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac fixed ammunition

fixed ammunition

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brackets riveted in place on either end on the obverse in order to hold the steel frame that supported a reel of telegraph wire

one fold mark

Canada, Dominion. A Boer War Medal, 1901 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac fixed ammunitionInstituted in 1901. In bronze, obverse shows double portraits of the Duke and Duchess facing left with the inscription T. R. H. THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CORNWALL & YORK, in a scroll below the busts VISITED CANADA 1901, reverse shows Royal coat of arms surmounted by a crown and flanked on either side by a Canadian soldier, 55. 55 mm, very fine condition. Housed in original case, very fine condition. Footnote: On September 28th, 1901, the Duke and Duchess