Commemorative Medals, Jamaica, Falmouth, Suffield School, opened 1836, and Jubilee of the Baptist Mission, the school building, rev. legends, 26mm; Kingston, Jamaica College, bronze medal, shield of arms, 32mm, suspension loop, this very fine, first better though pierced for suspension (2)
*ex Watts Collection.
The first named after Lord Suffield, who had died in a riding accident in 1835. In 1832 he owas a non-plantation owner appointed by a parliamentary commission to look into the "Condition and treatment of the slaves...". Jamaica College is a prominent all-male secondary school. First known as the Drax Free School, it was founded in 1789, making it the fourth oldest high school in the country.