Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold stitched in place near the

stitched in place near the bottom edge

Evans also saw service in the 1899 South African Campaign with the 38th Company of the Grenadier Guards

with the crown of the helmet lightly crushed from storage

Constructed of green felt backers looped through a dual zinc hanger

all housed in the period a case for Liechtenstein merit medal

Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold stitched in place near theIn bronze, measuring 33. 5 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, light contact, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European