Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 GTRexclude Non-Commissioned Officers

Non-Commissioned Officers

the obverse with an inscription of “FÜR PFLEGE DER SOLDATEN 1870” (“FOR THE CARE OF SOLDIERS 1870”)

Fenian Raid veteran Richard Edgar Woodruff died on Tuesday

portrait of Louis XVIII on the obverse centrepiece

Yours very sincerely

Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 GTRexclude Non-Commissioned OfficersIn bronze, measuring 33. 5 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, light contact, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European