Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Jamaica, Henry de la Beche, Good Conduct Award, 1841, a copper specimen striking by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. tropical fauna, 45mm (BHM 2002). About very fine, rare £60-80

Provenance: A. Chin Collection.

Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), geologist from Dorset who founded the Ordnance Survey in 1840; the medal was awarded as a prize for good conduct to employees on his estate at Halse Hall, Clarendon, Jamaica