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SAINT VINCENT. George III/Treaty of St. Vincent Silver Medal, 1773. George III. Choice Very Fine.
Eimer-750; Betts-529; BHM-183; Gordon-16; Tancred-47-8. By G.M. Moser. Diameter: 55mm. Weight: 74.10 gms. Obverse: George III bust right; Reverse: PROSPERITY TO St VINCENTS / MDCCLXXIII, Britannia offers an olive branch to a Carib, who has laid down his musket; Edge: Plain with oval suspension loop at top. A VERY RARE and historically significant offering from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Bright pewter gray surfaces show little wear, but at certain angles, evidence of a wipe can be detected in the fields, leaving minute hairlines. Nonetheless, both faces have retoned nicely, developing a light amber and magenta sheen when examined from certain angles. While Eimer states that many of the medals lack a clear signature, G.M. Moser can be read clearly on the base of the bust. Since the type is very seldom presented by any of the auction houses, we expect strong bids from collectors of colonial American medals.

The medal's reverse features a thoroughly propagandistic allegorical depiction of the end of the First Carib War. The Carib people were mixed African and indigenous freemen who lived in the mountainous, remote parts of St. Vincent. When the British sent a military expedition to survey land occupied by the Caribs, they resisted, and they used guerilla tactics to repel many British army and militia assaults. After four years of fighting, the British signed a treaty with the Caribs, establishing official boundaries between British and Carib territory. This medal is one of several that were presented to local militiamen and volunteers who assisted the British.

Estimate: $2000 - $3000