Lot 1168

Description

Jubilee of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1842, in white metal (44mm) (BHM 2063), with pierced hole at top edge, by Davis, Birm, obverse, a preacher at a small pulpit and at the sides are two natives with arms raised kneeling left and right with two angels flying above and with the legend, "Then Shalt Thou Cause The Trumpet Of The Jubilee To Sound & Ye Shall Hallow The Fiftieth Year" and in the exergue, "Baptist Mission Jubilee/1842", reverse, in the centre is a long text and around the edge is the legend, "Expect Great Things From God/Attempt Great Things For God". Some toning, extremely fine.