Description
Lot 4:
South Africa: Boer War Concentration Camps “Burning of the Farmhouse” bronze medallion of (1899-1901).
Issued by W Voet & Zonen, Anegang 15, Haarlem at the instigation of P N van Doorninck, Mayor of Bennebroek. The proceeds were intended for the relief of the women and children in the concentration camps. The reverse of the medal was based on medal issued by the Dutch in 1575 to encourage resistance to the Spaniards in the Eighty Years War.
Sold @ R501.
