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Boer War Tribute Medal 1901, Tpr W Brown (497), 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, Boer War, 1899-1902; issued by the Town of Strensall, Yorkshire. Obverse: embellished shield-shaped pierced ground elaborately embellished with engraved flowers, foliage and scrolls a mounted shield-shaped plaque inscribed with the monogrammed initials: ‘WB’, above which is a mounted roughly crown-shaped plaque inscribed: ‘STRENSALL’; below the shield, the date inscribed on a roughly half circular scalloped plaque. Reverse: below the engraved inscription, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900-1901, 18 carat gold; maker’s mark, ‘WHH’ at the base of the medal; the medal has a fixed ring at the top through which passes a loose ring, bearing a 9 carat gold mark; the medal was probably intended for attachment to a watch chain. Walter Brown was born 28 Jun 1874 and died 19 Dec 1942; his award is reported in the Yorkshire Evening Press 19 Jun 1901. Brown was probably the only recipient of this medal. He also received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901 clasps.

Boer War (1899-1902)