Thomas Gilpin Ltd
Session 1
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LOT 24
Thomas Gilpin Ltd
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 400 - 600
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Current bid
ZAR 400
Location
Cape Town
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George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
the terminal with Boer oxwagon wheel and powder horns, Zulu shield and assegai (spear), the back moulded the Voortrekker Monument, inscribed '1949 SVK UWB', 12cm, 25g
Notes
Commemorating the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria 1949, SVK stands for Sentrale Volksmonumente Komitee (Central Peoples Monument Committee) which was formed in 1931, with the aim of build a monument to honour the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony in 1835.
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