Historical Medals
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Historical Medals, Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, Justice, holding palm branch and scales, reaches out to a kneeling negress, her wrists chained, am i not a woman and a sister, rev. to the friends of justice mercy and freedom in wreath entwined with the names of the great abolitionists, 42mm (BHM 1669). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £500-700