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Colonel Baden-Powell – Defender of Mafeking.
The Hero who kept the Flag Flying for 209 Days
Ref: Hern 716; Carl 1900/8; Laidlaw 0115a.
Bronze/gilt. Gilt largely removed by wear? Holed as issued. 22.75 mm diam., 4.32 grams.

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Colonel Baden-Powell – Defender of Mafeking.
The Hero who kept the Flag Flying for 215 Days
Ref: Hern 718; Carl 1900/9; Laidlaw 0115b.
Gilt. Holed as issued. 22.75 mm diam., 5.25 grams.

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Lady Mc Eacharn’s Hospital Fund
Success to Australian Imperl. Bushmen
Ref: Hern 722; Carl 1900/11; Laidlaw 0642.
Gilt. Holed as issued. 22.76 mm diam., 4.89 grams.

Lady Mary Ann Mc Eacharn was the wife of Sir Malcolm Donald Mc Eacharn the well-known shipping businessman and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1897 to 1900. Lady Mary was the daughter of the mining millionaire John Boyd Watson.

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West Australian Contingent 1900
Ref: Hern 736; Carl 1900/18; Laidlaw 0619.
Brass. 22.00 mm diam., 3.24 grams.
Obverse: Two Australian and British flags with black swan and cannon below with legend “Queen and Empire” above.
Reverse: The legend: “West Australian Contingent 1900”.

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To Aid the N.S.W. Patriotic Fund – Transvaal War Souvenir
Ref: Hern 742; Carl 1900/21; Laidlaw 0060.
Gilt on copper. Holed as issued. 22.99 mm diam., 5.26 grams.
Reverse legend: “Good luck to the Australian Bushmens Contingent”.

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Coronation of Edward VII & Alexandria
Ref: Hern 746; Mor 1902/4; Carl 1902/6; Laidlaw 0234.
Bronze. Fitted with loop suspender. 25.4 x 22.6 mm., 3.12 grams.