1900 Defense of Kimberley medal. Silver, 38 mm. MY-155, BBM-UL. Edge mount with loop and ring suspension. About Uncirculated. Plain edge. Unnamed. Lustrous and very attractive, with variegated pastel toning in violet, gold, and blue. The devices are frosted and the fields are reflective, showing just scattered hairlines and trivial scratches. A very rare medal, issued to local forces, with a lovely scene of Victory over a view of the towns city hall. <p> Accompanied by a ribbon of uncertain age, but probably original. From the Gem Collection. <p> Earlier from J. Sanford Saltus; Collection of the American Numismatic Society; Morton and Edens sale of May 2006, lot 204.
