Medal - Transkei Independence
Features
| Location |
Transkei
(South Africa)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1976 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
| Shape | Round (Sometimes has suspension hole at 12 o'clock) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 384077 |
| References | Laidlaw# 0146 South African Commemorative Medals (https://www.southafricanmedals.com/) |
Commemorative issue
Transkei Independence
Obverse
Coat of arms of the Republic of Transkei with leopard supporters and wicker basket crest.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMBUMBA YAMANYAMA
Translation: Unity is strength.
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
26 · 10 · 1976
UZIMELE WASE TRANSKEI
Translation: Independence of Transkei.
Edge
Plain
Comments
In 1959, the National Party government introduced legislation to create eight ethnically and linguistically divided homelands for black South Africans. As an implementation this policy, the Republic of the Transkei was created in 1976 to serve as a nominally independent homeland state for the Xhosa people. The country was bordered by the Umtavuma River in the north and the Great Kei River in the south, while the Indian Ocean and the Drakensberg Mountains of the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho served as Transkei's eastern and western frontiers respectively. The main city was Umtata.
In 1994 the country was reincorporated into South Africa, despite opposition from many of its citizens.
This medal is known to exist with and without a suspension hole in the 12 o'clock position.
In 1994 the country was reincorporated into South Africa, despite opposition from many of its citizens.
This medal is known to exist with and without a suspension hole in the 12 o'clock position.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | no suspension hole | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 | with suspension hole | ||||||||||||||
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