VICTORIAN RAILWAY COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
DELAGOA BAY RAILWAY OPENING MEDAL
Pretoria to Delagoa Bay
1895 · South African Railway History · 37 Grams

A fine Victorian commemorative medal issued in 1895 to mark the opening of the railway connection between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay, now Maputo in Mozambique.

The completion of the route provided an important rail connection from the Transvaal to the Indian Ocean and makes this an interesting piece of late 19th-century South African and railway history.

DETAILS
Date: 1895
Subject: Opening of the Delagoa Bay Railway
Route: Pretoria to Delagoa Bay
Period: Victorian
Type: Commemorative medal
Diameter: Approximately 4.3cm / 1.7 inches
Weight: Approximately 37 grams
CONDITION

Overall very good condition with only minor age-related touch marks. The design remains crisp with strong surviving detail and presents very well.

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