Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 GTRexclude A large silver gilt badge

A large silver gilt badge consisting of a white enameled double headed crowned eagle

Yours very sincerely

thickly embroidered

contained in contemporary Garrard

Innes with a strength of 36 officers and 1

Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 GTRexclude A large silver gilt badgeIn bronze, measuring 33. 5 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, light contact, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European