Baldwin's of St James's
Lot 2063
Foreign Coins, Paul Kruger (1825-1904; President 1883–1900), Blank Ponds (5), 1900, the so-called “Lydenburg” type without rim and distinct “scraper marks”(Hern Z55; Levine p.68, item A), all mint state (5) *ex W. V. R. “Roy” Baldwin Collection. Sold with a hand written note reading:- Pretoria October 1st 1900 I hereby certify that the five gold pieces sold by my brother Mr E. J. P. Jorissen to Colonel F. Maxse Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, are part of those paid to my father, Mr Justice Jorissen by Mr N. S. Macherbe Treasurer General of the Transvaal Government. A. N. Jolles née Jorissen These coins were paid by Mr Kruger’s orders to his officials just before his flight from Machadodorp, to Portuguese territory in September 1900. F. I. Maxse [stamped] Lieut. Colonel. Commissioner of Police [stamped] PRETORIA 4 OCT 1900 –. The envelope also inscribed in Maxse’s hand, “These gold coins were coined by Kruger after he left Pretoria in 1900 and used to pay officials salary. F. I. Maxse Lt Col. President Kruger had left Pretoria on 29 May, 1900, travelling by train to Machadodorp from where, on 11 September, he took the train to Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], weeping as the train crossed the border. Eduard Johan Pieter Jorissen (1829-1912), Dutch lawyer and politician who served as State Attorney of the South African Republic from 1876 to 1877 under President Thomas Burgers. In 1877 he, together with Kruger, were a senior members of the South African delegation that travelled to London. General Sir (Frederick) Ivor Maxse, KCB, CVO, DSO (1862–1958), was a career soldier and never a numismatist. He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1884 with the Royal Fusilers, before serving in the Egyptian Army in the Sudan where he was present at the Battles of Atbara and Omdurman. In November 1899 he was in command of the 13th Sudanese Battalion during the operations leading to the defeat of the Khalifa at he Battle of Umm Diwaykarat for which he was awarded the D.S.O. and a Mention in Despatches (DSO, LG 15 November 1898, “Frederick Ivor Maxse, Major, Coldstream Guards. In recognition of services during the recent operations in the Sudan”; MiD 25 November 1899; LG 30 Jan 1900). He then served in the Second Boer War, 1899-1901 (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. l.Maxse, D.S.O.), receiving a second MiD (LG 8 Feb 1901). He served as a staff officer in the Transport Department in South Africa before being seconded to be Commissioner of Police in Pretoria. Between 1904 and 1910 he was Colonel of the 2nd Battalion and Regiment, Coldstream Guards (CVO 1907). He was Colonel of the 1st Guards Brigade between 1910 and 1914 and General of the 18th Division in 1914. He fought throughout the First World War and as a divisional commander, he led the 18th (Eastern) Division when it took all its objectives on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme (KCB 1917). He was General of the 18th Corps in 1917. Following the War, he was General Officer-in-Command of the Northern Command between 1919 and 1923, then Colonel of the Middlesex Regiment between 1921 and 1932 and finally Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex in 1932. The W. V. R [Roy] Baldwin Collection of Coins of Southern Africa
