Posted 11/28/2014 9:34 pm
As the text on the South African website says, the manufacturer of that medal used the same reverse die to make "several other medals". Yours is one of those "others".
Mass-produced by a Birmingham badge-and-medal maker, such pieces were likely sold throughout the Empire. That one is listed on a South African medals site not because they were made there or intended specifically for there, but because some have been found there, and the Cape Colony coat of arms is given pride of place on the unofficial Empire shield.
Mass-produced by a Birmingham badge-and-medal maker, such pieces were likely sold throughout the Empire. That one is listed on a South African medals site not because they were made there or intended specifically for there, but because some have been found there, and the Cape Colony coat of arms is given pride of place on the unofficial Empire shield.
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