1933 - 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF OCCUPATION OF MATABELELAND IN SOUTH AFRICA

  RHODESIA 1933 - 40th Anniversary of Occupation of Matabeleland Bronze Medal During 1893 Matabeleland was invaded by troops of the British South Africa Company. King Lobengula of the Matabele fled the capital, Bulawayo. On 4 November 1893, Leander Starr Jameson declared Matabeleland to be under the rule of the B.S.A. Company and Cecil John Rhodes ordered that Bulawayo should be rebuilt for white settlement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Width = approx. 34 mm Weight = 17.3 grams ACTUAL PICTURES