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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 hand 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', 'PIETERMARITZBURG', 'EAST LONDON', 'PORT ELIZABETH', 'SIMONSTOWN', 'ST HELENA', 'RIO DE JANEIRO', 'MONTE VIDEO'. Suspended from a pale green ribbon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1222 |
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| 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 |