English Victorian Boer War Silver Place Card Holders

A set of sterling silver Boer war place card holders.

• Sold as a set of 4.
• A rifle is propped against a shilling coin dated 1899, the year war broke out in South Africa between the British and Dutch colonial settlements.
• The rifle is the famous Lee-Metford, which was by then a tad old-fashioned, but still considered reliable by British as well as Dutch troops, who made use of captured specimens.
• Open lunette base with vertical support.
• Fully marked including design no. 353372.