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Reference:6931 South African War: Princess Alexandra's Private Military Hospital, 1900

Bust of Princess Alexandra to left; upon the horizon is a steamship / A view of the Gables, a private hospital for the sick and wounded of the South African War and an adjunct to Princess Alexandra's Hospital Ship.

By R. Warrington.

Gilt white metal, 57 mm.

Condition: Good Extremely Fine

Notes:

Very rare when gilt and in its original case of issue. The first such example handled, with a provenance going back to 1954, and what is beleievd to be an old ticket from the numismatic firm of A.H. Baldwin & Sons.

A most attractive medal, the gilding in wonderful state.

References:

BHM 3664; Storer (Medical Medals) 5319; Eimer 1846; WE. 1910.