Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold with the pinback retainer plate

with the pinback retainer plate fragile)

Evans also saw service in the 1899 South African Campaign with the 38th Company of the Grenadier Guards

all housed in the period a case for Liechtenstein merit medal

then served in the Pacific theatre aboard American ships from 1943 to 1945

Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold with the pinback retainer plateIn 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