Great Britain: South Africa Boer War Relief of Ladysmith 28 February 1900 Patriotic Celebrations dual silk banners and rosette, one banner in red has the gilt printed wording: ‘Relief of Ladysmith Feb. 28, 1900’, and the other banned in cream has the identical printed wording. Both banners, which measure approximately 500 mm in length, with a width of 55 mm, are jointly affixed to a rosette layered in red, white and blue silk laters. Owing to the fragile nature of these patriotic banners, few survive in the complete form.
Condition: the cream banner is now frayed from age and is affixed with a sticker, overall Fair condition.
The "Relief of Ladysmith" rosette and banner refers to patriotic civilian and military ribbon badges worn in 1900 to celebrate the breaking of the Boer War siege on February 28. Across the British Empire, rosettes and ribbons—often featuring portraits of generals Buller and White—became highly popular symbols of national pride
