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Medals, Jamaica, 50th Anniversary of the Shipping Association of Jamaica, 1989, a silver-gilt award medal by Spink, anniversary details and logo on anchor and chain, rev. named (Herbert Hart, in appreciation of your dedicated service), 296g, 77mm. Two edge knocks on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck; in fitted green leather case of issue £150-200

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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The Shipping Association of Jamaica is registered as a trade union, serving to regulate the daily supply and management of certain categories of labour. The medal’s recipient was Herbert Trench Hart (†2002, aged 92), a business executive and former manager of the Jamaica Producers Group. He is said to have been one of the entrepreneurs who developed Tia Maria, the world-famous coffee liqueur