Commercially made pipe with hand carving by a Boer prisoner of war, 1902 (c).
Wood. Mouthpiece with black wood or resin and screws over the threaded shaft with a white metal collar. Cylindrical bowl, possibly rosewood, unused inside with white metal binding round the mouth and a hinged openwork lid.  The central coin is fixed and decorated with 22 brass pins.  It is flanked by British and Boer Republic flags.  Above and below is incised: ‘BOER/ PRETORIA’, and below this: ‘1900’.  

This is the third in a set of three pipes, reputedly given to donor’s husband by Lord Baden Powell.