Medal - William Knibb Emancipation of the British West Indies

€412,206.00
LocationJamaica
Year1838
TypeCommemorative medals/Achievement medal
CompositionPewter
Weight
Diameter41 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
NoticeJoseph Davis
Reference(s) BHM#1878
Obverse descriptionBust of William Knibb facing right
Obverse letteringREVD. WILLIAM KNIBB, JAMAICA.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionMonument featuring Lady Justice above miniature busts of Reverends Thomas Bromley, Samuel Nichols, and Thomas F. Abbott. On the bottom of the monument are four miniature profiles: a person with their arms outstretched, one knelt on one knee while fishing, one walking to the left, and one holding a baby in the air
Reverse letteringETHIOPIA SHALL SOON STRETCH OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD 68 PSALM 31 V DEO GLORIA ERECTED BY EMANCIPATED SONS OF AFRICA TO COMEMORATE THE BIRTH DAY OF THEIR FREEDOM AUG. 1. 1838. DAVIS. BIRM.
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1838  - -
Catalog ID6594753500
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