Obverse: SOUVENIR OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR curved above and below a crown above BOVRIL 1897 in two lines, (VR in large script).
Reverse: THE GREATEST SUCCESS BOVRIL OF THE LONGEST REIGN in four lines, first and last curved.
Edge: Plain.
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The name Bovril derived from the Latin bos, meaning OX and Johnston took the vril from E. Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Coming Race of 1870, the plot involves a superior race, the Vrils-ya, who get their powers from an electromagnetic substance called vril.

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