Medal - St. Ann's Bay Baptist Chapel 1839 front Medal - St. Ann's Bay Baptist Chapel 1839 back
Medal - St. Ann's Bay Baptist Chapel 1839 photo
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Medal - St. Ann's Bay Baptist Chapel

1839 year
Copper - 41 mm
Description
Location
Jamaica
Queen
Victoria (1837-1901)
Type
Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year
1839
Composition
Copper
Diameter
41 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#412204
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Monument featuring Lady Justice above miniature busts of Reverends Thomas Bromley, Samuel Nichols, and Thomas F. Abbott. On the bottom of the monument are four miniature profiles: a person with their arms outstretched, one knelt on one knee while fishing, one walking to the left, and one holding a baby in the air

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ETHIOPIA SHALL SOON STRETCH OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD 68 PSALM 31 V
DEO GLORIA
ERECTED BY EMANCIPATED
SONS OF AFRICA
TO COMEMORATE
THE BIRTH DAY OF
THEIR FREEDOM
AUG. 1. 1838.
DAVIS. BIRM.

Engraver: Joseph Davis