Help! Medallion identification
Article about: Hello, I have a medal here that I need some help identifying. It looks Boer War period, but I couldn’t be sure. The medal reads ‘South African & Active Service Association’. There
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Not seen this one before but you are correct that it records Australian soldiers who served alongside the British in the Boer War in South Africa. Is it marked on the back?
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Hi Blackcat, it doesn’t have any marks or identifications at all on the back or rim of the medal. It remains a mystery. I might take it into some military dealers and see what they have to say about it.
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I have taken it to my local military dealers and shown them the medallion. One of them suggested that it was a prototype, and they made this one and then transitioned to the ones that andrzejku has kindly posted images of. He said that it appears unfinished and double struck, and this could explain why.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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