Description
George III, Preserved from Assassination, 1800, AE medal by C Kuechler, 47mm. Draped and cuirassed bust of George left, GEORGIUS III DG MAGN BRIT FR ET HIB REX. Rev, Smoke and flames rising from a square altar inscribed D O / M, with eye of providence looking on above, PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT, He sees and protects, in Ex ‘A SICARIO SERVATVS MAI XV MDCCC, Saved from an assassin May 15 1800. BHM 483; E 916.
Uncirculated, bronzed, iridescence to toning.