TOPIC:

I have been contacted by someone with one of these medallions to sell.



If anyone is interested, please contact Hans-Christian in Sweden to discuss. hanschristian.henriksson@telia.com

I have no connection to the seller.

Some more information that has come my way......

According to the Swedish coin magazine "Myntkontakt" 1980, number 1, the medallion was designed by Sune Lindström 1925 and engraved by Georg Jensen's goldsmith's company in Copenhagen. The medallion demanded large machines to be pressed so the stamps were sent to Sporrong in Stockholm and pressed by them in 1927. There are no markings from Sporrong on the 1927 medallions since it was not Sporrong that had the deal. But the stamps remained at Sporrong and in 1977 a small batch were pressed, 10 in total - 2 gilded and 2 silver plated, all made of bronze. This time the 10 medallions have the marking of Sporrong.

Still a not so common piece, One of Six......

Mike

Picture courtesy of City Coins

Silver Commemorative Medallion of the Scandinavian Corps: Magersfontein 1899.
Presentation medallion given to Lord Baden- Powell

This silver medal is accompanied by a simple metal edged card reading:
“Presented in their behalf by Mr Uggla at Stockholm 7 August 1935”.
Edge engraved (in square capital letters):
“GENERAL LORD BADEN POWELL, CO. IN CHIEF AT MAFEKING,
FROM ADMIRING SKAND:NS”.
DIAMETER: 90.80 mm
WEIGHT: 217.3 grams
OBVERSE: A Viking ship on a rough sea with a bright star above the horizon. Underneath:
“De kunde icke vika blott falla kunde de” which can be freely translated as:
“They could not give way; they could only fall”.
REVERSE: A cross, as is found on the National Flags of the four Scandinavian countries, divides the area in four equal parts: these quarters contain the heraldic emblems of the four nations. Around the circumference:
“Åt minnet av den Skandinaviska Kårens strid vid Magersfontein 1899”,
freely translated as:
“In memory of the Scandinavian Corps’ battle at Magersfontein, 1899”.
At the bottom “SL 25”
MAKER: C. C. Sporrong & Co.

The medallion is housed in its original square black presentation box with gold trim.
The box is slightly damaged but is easily repairable with a small amount of glue.

Picture courtesy of City Coins

Patinated Bronze Commemorative Medallion of the Scandinavian Corps : Magersfontein 1899.
Presentation medallion given to Dr F. S. N. Gie

Similar to previous lot but this example is struck in
Patinated bronze.
DIAMETER: 90.76 mm
WEIGHT: 205.2 grams
EDGE: engraved (in square capital letters): “AAN ZYNNE EXCELENTIE D:R S.F.N. GIE, ENVOYÉ DER ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE UNIE, ZWEDEN.”

This medal is fitted in its original blue box although this needs a little repair.

Stefanus François Naudé Gie was a South African historian, politician, and diplomat. He was born in Worcester, the Boland town near Cape Town in 1884 and was educated at the local Boys High School and at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch. He subsequently studied at the University of Amsterdam and at Humbolt University in Berlin.

Dr Gie worked as a teacher for a few years and soon after being appointed as an Inspector of Schools by the Cape Colonial government he was appointed as the Principal of the Teacher’s Training College in Graaff- Reinet in 1911.

In 1918 he became the first professor of South African History at Stellenbosch University. He was a staunch member of Apartheid’s National Party and a leading member of the Broederbond, the secretive and elitist group of male Afrikaner intellectuals.

In 1926 he became the South African Secretary of Education. It was during this period that he played a leading role in facilitating the award of five DTDs and 34 ABOs to Scandinavians in 1936/37. After briefly serving in The Hague shortly before the start of World War II he was posted to serve as South African ambassador in Stockholm and in 1944 in Washington D.C. where he passed away in 1945.

It was this medal, awarded to Dr Gie, which prompted Dr Stoker, a keen collector of Z.A.R. and Anglo Boer War medals, to publish his article in 1960.