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An image showing 'Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908; reverse'
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Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908

Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908. Obverse: Figure of a girl, her skirt and veil blowing in the wind, her left hand holding a hat, her right waving a handkerchief, standing on the shore; four cruisers in the distance. Legend: 'SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA 1908'. Reverse: Legend, 'CLOSER UNION'. Inscription: '2ND CRUISER SQUADRON GOOD HOPE, DEVONSHIRE, ANTRIM, CARNAVON 1908'. Fitted with a bar and clasps engraved 'DURBAN' and 'PIETERMARITZBURG' and a dark blue ribbon.
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Object Details

ID: MEC1221
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Expedition of 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1908
Vessels: Antrim (1903); Carnarvon (1903) Devonshire (1904) Good Hope (1901)
Date made: 1908
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm