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SOUTH AFRICA, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic). 1881-1902. Æ Medal (33mm, 16.14 g, 12h). British Atrocities in the Boer War. Dated 1568-1648 and 1899-1901. + · HET · IS · BETER · TE · STRIJDEN · VOOR · HET · VADERLAND ·/ · DE SPANIARDE N · IN · DE · V ER · PROVINCIEN 1564-1648, four Spanish and Dutch soldiers fighting on foot and horseback / · DAN · DOOR · EEN · GEVEINSDE · VREDE · TE · WORDEN · BEDROGEN ·/ · · · DE · ENGELSCHEN · IN · ZUID · AFRIKA · · · 1899-1901, burning farmhouse. Brown surfaces. EF.
Between 1899 and 1902, the British Empire fought two independent Boer states for control over parts of South Africa. To suppress the insurgent Boers, the British resorted to a scorched earth policy, destroying crops, killing livestock, and burning homesteads. The Boer settlers were forced from their homes and funneled into overcrowded and under-supplied concentration camps. This Dutch-made medal compares the conflict in South Africa with the Spanish occupation of the low countries in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Between 1899 and 1902, the British Empire fought two independent Boer states for control over parts of South Africa. To suppress the insurgent Boers, the British resorted to a scorched earth policy, destroying crops, killing livestock, and burning homesteads. The Boer settlers were forced from their homes and funneled into overcrowded and under-supplied concentration camps. This Dutch-made medal compares the conflict in South Africa with the Spanish occupation of the low countries in the 16th and 17th centuries.