Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Republic. A Medal For The Fortieth Anniversary Of The Occupation Of Matabeleland 1893-1933 Hold all housed in the period

all housed in the period a case for Liechtenstein merit medal

Constructed of green felt backers looped through a dual zinc hanger

with the pinback retainer plate fragile)

then served in the Pacific theatre aboard American ships from 1943 to 1945

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 all housed in the periodIn 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