Lot 63
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BADEN-POWELL MAFEKING COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION, white metal, by Spink & Son, London, obverse, bust of Baden-Powell flanked by his name, reverse, advancing British and Irregular Troops and a Jack Tar, with 'Mafeking 1899-1900' in exergue, 45mm., virtually as issued, in fitted Spink, London card box, the inner lid with printed label for a silver issue

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BADEN-POWELL MAFEKING COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION, white metal, by Spink & Son, London, obverse, bust of Baden-Powell flanked by his name, reverse, advancing British and Irregular Troops and a Jack Tar, with 'Mafeking 1899-1900' in exergue, 45mm., virtually as issued, in fitted Spink, London card box, the inner lid with printed label for a silver issue

Lot Essay

Spink & Son donated a percentage of sales income to The Daily Mail's 'Relief of Mafeking Fund', the latter having been established by Lady Georgiana Curzon.