GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (110.8g), 1844, BHM-2166, Eimer-1388, 65mm bronze medal for the London Missionary Society by J. Davis, radiant crown with trumpet and partial palm wreath holding up scroll inscribed "THE LONDON MISSIONARY / SOCIETY FOUNDED IN / THE YEAR 1795 / HAS BEEN HONORED BY GOD IN / SUCCESS FULLY DIFFUSING / THE / GLORIUS GOSPEL / IN POLYNESIA INDIA CHINA / AFRICA & THE WEST INDIES / JUBILEE 22 SEPr. 1844", and in scroll exergue THE GREAT TRUMPET SHALL BE BLOWN AND / THEY SHALL COME WHICH WERE READY / TO PERISH. ISAIAH CHAP.27.VER.13., with laurel wreath below // four missionaries, one standing in a boat pointing to the heavens, the next with open bible, with five natives listening intently on shore at left, radiance coming through clouds above, and "GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING / THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF / 2 COR.CH.5 V.19" in exergue, wonderful chocolate-brown color, plain edge, Choice AU.
Estimate: 300-400 USD