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Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel.
Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel. - Image 2
Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel. - Image 3
Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel. - Image 4

Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel.

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Boer War brooch made from a piece of artillery shell fired into Kimberley probably by “Long Tom” during the siege. Inscribed: ‘1899- 1900 KIMBERLEY SIEGE’ on the brass and ‘BOER SHELL’ on the steel.

Dimensions: 3.8 cm long by 3 cm high.

 

The Siege of Kimberley lasted 124 days and was finally relieved on 15 February 1900 by a cavalry division under Lieutenant-General John French, part of a larger force under Lord Roberts From the 7th of February the Boers used the much heavier 100-pounder “Long Tom” to counter “Long Cecil”  

Note: See page 184-185 of The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham 1979 for an account of these bombardments.

 

Photo sourced on SOUTH AFRICAN CANNON ASSOCIATION- http://www.sa-cannon.com/long_tom.html#.XWXxs-gzaUk

Long Tom being loaded during the siege of Mafeking- Photo sourced from Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/155_mm_Creusot_Long_Tom