Commemorative medallion
Category
Coins and medals
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pewter
Measurements
5 mm (Depth); 60 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339798
Summary
Commemorative pewter medallion the obverse depicts the Peterloo Massacre, embossed 'MANCHESTER AUGUST 16 1819'. Reverse Shows embossed lettering which reads 'THE WICKED HAVE DRAWN OUT THE SWORD THEY HAVE CUT DOWN THE POOR AND NEEDY AND SUCH AS BE OF UPRIGHT CONVERSATION PSALM XXXVII XIV'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.