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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 25 - Argentum  3 Nov 2018
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Lot 434

Estimate: 35 GBP
Price realized: 25 GBP
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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.
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