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ZG78, South Africa, Bronze Medal (Ø 33.5mm, 16.39g) 1901, on the Anglo-Boer War Atrocities "Concentration Camp medal"
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ZG78, South Africa, Bronze Medal (Ø 33.5mm, 16.39g) 1901, on the Anglo-Boer War Atrocities, Obv.: Dutch and Spanish cavalry and infantry fighting in the Dutch War of Independence with concentric legends “It is Better to Fight for the Fatherland / 1568-1648, the Spaniards in the [Dutch] Provinces / Afrikaner (Boer) farmstead in flames, torched by the British Army with legend, “Thus are you Forced under an Enemy Peace/ the English in South Africa, 1899-1901”, Brown Unc, Rare!
The British finally ended the protracted South African war by herding Boer women and children into what were officially called Concentration Camps, in which some 25,000 non-combatants died of crowding and disease while the British burned many of their homes. Although the burning alone is noted on this Dutch-made medal in 16th century style, South African collectors habitually call it the Concentration Camp medal.
