Description

George III. 1760-1820. Silver Medal 1789, 58.20 g. George III, Recovery of Health. Unsigned, probably by E. Burch. Bust, laureate. GEORGIVS III MAGN . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX. Rv. West front of St. Paul's Cathedral. LÆTITIA CVM PIETATE. In exergue: DEO OPT . MAX . REX PIENTISS PRO SALVTE REST . V . S . L . M . AP . 23 . 1789. Edge: STRVCK BY ORDER OF THE PATRONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING WHO ASSEMBLED WITH 5000 CHILDREN ON THE HAPPY EVENT. 54.6 mm. Eimer 825. BHM 313. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Kratzer / Minor hairlines. Gelocht, mit Etui / Pierced, with box.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, April 1999, lot 2219.

The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover, who, unlike his two predecessors, was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. He repeatedly suffered from episodes of an unspecified mental illness, one of those occurred in 1788 from which he recovered in 1789.