Autographed Document by General Piet Cronje (1897)

Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer General during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902.

Cronjé was in command of the force that rounded up Leander Jameson at Doornkop at the conclusion of the Jameson Raid on 2 January 1896.
During the Second Boer War, Cronjé was the General commanding in the western theatre of war. He began the sieges of Kimberley and Mafeking.
At Mafeking, with a force between 2,000 and 6,000 he laid siege against 1,200 regular troops and militia under the command of Colonel Robert Baden-Powell.

210mm x 330mm

R2,500