President Kruger & the Opening of the Delagoa Bay Railway 1895, bronze medal by JPM Menger

Obv: bearded bust of President Kruger left, OPENING VAN DEN DELGOABAAI SPOORWEG around (Opening of the Delagoa Bay railway)

Rev: a winged wheel emitting thunderbolts, 1895 above, NEDERLANDSCHE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE SPOORWEG-MAATSCHIPPIJ around (Dutch South African Railway Company)

Condition: about very fine, edge bruises; Diameter: 44mm

References: Forrer IV/26; Swann 405

Notes: the railway opened on 8th July 1895 between Pretoria and Delogoa Bay in Mozambique. This gave the Boers their only link with the sea outside of land under British control.

Price £30