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Item Ref# PS7113
Metal Fork 1 - Boer POW
Brief description: This is a very unusual and particularly scarce fork made from an artillery shell’s projectile – made by a Boer. I was certainly made with much effort and dtermination - fortunately, due to its thickness it has survived this long. Material: It’s a type of cast metal – very heavy |
Earlier Persecution of the Boer People
By Bloukrans
Die koperkapel kom uit sy gat
En sluip die randjie rond:
"Dit het gereën; die veld is nat
En nat is die rooi-geel grond"...
Die meerkat kom en sy ogies blink,
En hy staan orent en wag,
En die stokou ystervark sê: "Ek dink
Die reën kom weer vannag"
Maar die geitjie piep: "Dis glad nie reën,
Dis klewerig, swart en rooi;
Kom jy sulke reën in jou lewe teen
So glad, so styf, so mooi?"
En die wys ou steenuil waag sy woord:
"Dis bloed, dis mensebloed.
Dis lewensbloed wat ongestoord
Ons bossiewêreld voed."
C. Louis Leipoldt
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Then he said to them: "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." Matthew 26:38 |