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Medals, Barbados, The Hurricane of 1831, a silver medal by Orderson, lieut. general sir james lyon…governor…in produce £3,628 cash £21,147, rev. deus hæc fortasse benigna…£2,311,729 in lives 2,437, 39mm (Roehrs 1489). Extremely fine, toned
£250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 82 (New York), 10 December 1982, lot 643; bt K.V. Eckardt 1997.

The central legend on the reverse quotes the Governor’s dispatch, ‘On the evening of the 10th August the sun set on a landscape of the greatest beauty and fertility, and rose the following morning over an utter desolation and waste’