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The above medal was re-offered by East Bristol Auctions on 12 Apr 2023.
Second time around it successfully sold for £1,300 + costs.

Does anybody know who made this very poor copper reproduction of the Kimberley Medal, and when?

Perhaps the McGregor Museum?
1970s / 1980s?



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No, I have not seen those before. The McGregor would certainly be a possibility or perhaps the Military Museum in Johannesburg or Castle Museum for the 200th anniversary?

Or someone doing test runs to make modern fakes.

You have to ask where are the original dies ?
Some years ago the original dies of the Natal 1906 medal were put up for auction by Garrards ( I seem to remember ). Seemingly they were originally commissioned by the government of the Natal colony and and not the UK authorities , and could thus be sold off. I bought them and before I moved them off to a museum in Natal, I had a local medal maker do a few brass strikings. I found out later that he had made a few for himself, so if you come across any uniface strikings in brass , that is where they came from.
It is possible that the same thing happened with the Kimberley Medal.

Kimberley Medal from Noonan's today.

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 2,400. Totals: GBP 3,091. R 70,800. AUD 5,710. NZD 6,090. CAD 5,090. USD 3,750. EUR 3,470