Bovril tokens

[malj1]

'Cos I aint got one! 

see also  Reply #14

[redwine]

Been looking at that.  That's why i was confused.  Still a nice piece though

[malj1]

Another from the above book that I missed previously, presumably also a souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee.

Obverse BOVRIL ℞. 50 TIMES MORE NOURISHING THAN ORDINARY EXTRACT OF MEAT OR BEEF TEA; Brass, 28.5mm

I found one at last only to find its different! 50 times doesn't appear as on this one they've substituted Bovril is infinitely, so there is another out there somewhere. 

[bagerap]

This is pretty much why I gave up on Bovril tokens.
No matter what you find, there's always something else. Out there and tempting you to search until you drop.

[Gondwana]

Hello everyone
I'm new to this, so greeting to you all from the south coast of the UK.
I've been reading posts on this site for many years, and always meant to join.
Today, I couldn't wait any longer as I have this piece which I thought you'd like to see.
South African medalet 15.2mm

[Figleaf]

Wow! Great fun piece. Bobs in khaki  are of course British soldiers, Bobs being derived from their commander, general Roberts. For background, read page 285 of this book to see the connection with Bovril. That page convinced me that this medal is British.

Peter

[brandm24]

Welcome to Woc, Bob. Now that you're finally here you have a lot of catching up to do.

Kindest regards,

Bruce

[Gondwana]

Thanks for the welcome Bruce. There's a lot to read and pass comment on!
And yes Figleaf, I guess I was wrong to call it a South African medalet if it was given as a moral booster to the British troops.
I've not seen another in the UK before, but maybe the majority are now in South Africa where they were taken.

[malj1]

Lovely a nice Boer war token and the first I have seen.

[malj1]

Pat.

edited images although they did display ok on a large screen.
Malj1

[bagerap]

Very annoyed to have missed this one, it ticks two boxes for me

[Gondwana]

This is a nice calendar Bagerap. A shame you didn't get it.
I want to upload a picture, but it fits my screen at 32%. By the time it's 100% it's huge! It's only 126k so will work as an upload, but can anyone suggest how I "compact it", so that it shows as normal size on here?

[Gondwana]

Ok, panic over. I think I've got it ...

[Gondwana]

Sorry it's not a token or medallion, but worthy of interest I think.
October 1893, or very thin paper, like tissue

[FosseWay]

It took me a while to work out what on earth that "banknote" was on about  My main point of confusion was linguistic, in the first sentence:

Bovril Limited Promise to pay on Demand the Sum of Five Thousand Pounds to anyone who proves that they ever, directly or indirectly bought Horses of any description, for any purpose whatever.

In modern English, "they" refers back to "anyone". In 1893 English, "they" must refer to Bovril, since "anyone" would require the pronoun "he".

Presumably there were rumours going round that Bovril was made of horses (probably ones from the knackers yard that could no longer haul London buses around).