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

with the crown of the helmet lightly crushed from storage

a Croatian Army officer at the right with the Croatian Defence Force cap badge and the Ustascha insignia visible of his visor cap

The cap measures 280 mm x 103 mm when folded

all housed in the period a case for Liechtenstein merit medal

stitched in place near the bottom edge

Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold with the crown of theIn 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