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Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger
Dutch
1904
Medium/Technique
Metal; copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Packard. The Mary Hooper Packard Collection
Accession Number27.230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger (1825-1904), president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa, commemorating his death. Hanging loop attached and ring.
Obverse: Profile bust of Kruger looking to proper right; inscribed at edge.
Reverse: Inscribed.
Obverse: Profile bust of Kruger looking to proper right; inscribed at edge.
Reverse: Inscribed.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "S. J. P. KRUGER...".
Reverse: Inscribed "VALKSTEIN/BEGEER".
Reverse: Inscribed "VALKSTEIN/BEGEER".
ProvenanceBy 1927, The Mary Hooper Packard Collection; 1927, gift of Horace Packard to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 1927)