Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, Sir Sidney Smith, President of the Society of Knights Liberators of the White Slaves in Africa, 1816, a copper medal by T. Webb for E. Thomason, bust right, no date below, rev. legend in wreath, 54mm (BHM 920). Extremely fine £100-150

Provenance: Davissons Mailbid Sale 18, 21 November 2002 (824).

The intention of the Society was to draw attention to the plight of white Christian slaves in North Africa. Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) was a hero of the Napoleonic Wars