GREAT BRITAIN. George III Preserved from Assassination. 1760-1820. Copper medal. 25.61 gm. 38 mm. By P. Kempson. 1800. Crown in a wreath, radiation above; PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION above, MAY 15, 1800 below; a ribbon on the wreath reads GOD GIVE PRAISE / An angel kneeling on a cloud holding a portrait of the king and a shield protecting it from arrows; GOD SAVE THE KING around and above. BHM 486. Uncirculated.

A discharged soldier (who was ultimately found to be insane) shot at the King as he was entering his box at the Drury Lane Theatre to see a comedy.