George III preserved From Assassination 1800 38mm diameter in bronze, by P. Kempson, Obverse: Crown below rays within a wreath entwined with a ribbon inscribed GOD GIVE PRAISE. Above: PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION below: MAY 15 1800, Reverse: An Angel kneeling on a cloud holding a plaque bearing the portrait of the King and protecting it from an arrow with a shield GOD SAVE THE KING, 28.54 grammes, BHM 486, GVF/NEF. The assassin was James Hadfield a member of a millennialist group who believed that if he himself was killed by the British Government the second coming of Christ would follow. Hadfield was acquitted of treason for reasons of insanity leading to major additions to in British statutory law namely Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 and Treason Act 1800 which resulted in Hadfield being detained till he died in 1841 in Bedlam.
George III Preserved from Assassination 1800, 38mm diameter in silver by P.Kempson Obverse: Crown below rays within a wreath entwined with a ribbon inscribed GOD GIVE PRAISE. Above: PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION. Below: MAY 15 1800., Reverse: Angel kneeling on a cloud holding a plaque bearing the portrait of the King and protecting it from an arrow by a shield. GOD SAVE THE KING, 28.07 grammes, BHM 486, GVF with some minor contact marks and rim nicks. Research of this medal has uncovered just two examples in silver, one in the British Museum, another, in the RoyalCollection Trust, was acquired by Queen Mary in 1935, this example being enclosed in the top of a tortoiseshell snuff box.
Medals George III related, a small group (6) Coronation of George III 1761 The Official Coronation issue, 34mm diameter in silver by L.Natter, CORONAT legend in Exergue, BHM 23, Eimer 694, 16.23 grammes, NVF Ex-brooch mount, Birth of Princess Charlotte 1796 (issued 1817) 22mm diameter in silver, unsigned, Eimer 871, BHM 409 NVF, Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807 36mm diameter in bronze by G.F.Pidgeon and J. Philip, Eimer 984a Obverse: Two men stand facing each other, with hands clasped: beyond: five people dancing around a tree, WE ARE ALL BRETHREN, In Exergue: SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807. Reverse: Arabic inscription (= sales of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George III, Verily we are all brothers), 16.69 grammes, , also listed as a Sierra Leone Penny Token 1807 KM#Tn1.1 (issued 1814), Fine, Death of George III 1820 48mm diameter in bronze by C.H.Kuchler, Eimer 1121, BHM 991 Obverse: Bust left: GEORGIUS III . D:G. BRITANNIARUM REX. FID. DEF. &c. Reverse: PATER: PATRIAE, NATVSIVNIL. IV. CIƆIƆCC XXXVIII . IMPERm. ACCEPIT OCT XXV . CIƆIƆCCLX. EXCESSIT. JAN. XXIX. CIƆIƆCCCXX within a wreath, 58.48 grammes, GVF with some rim nicks, George III Preserved From Assassination 1800 39mm diameter in bronze by C.H.Kuchler, Obverse: Crown below rays within a wreath entwined with a ribbon inscribed GOD GIVE PRAISE, Above: PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION Below May 15, 1800, Reverse: An Angel kneeling on a cloud holding a plaque bearing a portrait of the King and protecting it from an arrow by a shield GOD SAVE THE KING. BHM 486, Eimer --, VF, Preliminaries For the Treaty of Amiens 1801 38mm diameter in bronze, unsigned, Obverse: Oval shield of the Union flag mounted on two crossed swords. PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE SIGNED OCTOBER 1ft 1801, Reverse: Peace standing, facing, empties her cornucopia on a quay, beyond, ships at sea THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE, Eimer 935, BHM 516, GVF, along with Medallion of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament 1862 46mm x 32mm in white metal VF pierced for suspension at the top
George IIIPreserved From Assassination 1800 one of a number of medals struck to commemorate this event, Obverse an angel in flowing robes, bearing a shield with the bust of the King, GOD SAVE THE KING Reverse Celestial rays above a crowned Rose and Thistle, within a wreath PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION MAY 1800 EF in half-case
£46
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