state prohibitation......

[chris]

hello everyone

one of my latest finds while metal detecting is this rather strange medal of some type saying state prohibitation. now i am led to believe that there was an alcohol ban or something like that anyway

the front of this item has a rose at the bottom, a coat of arms which is the same as a shield back sovereign and three figures with the sun beaming down on them.

ther reverse of this item is a picture of the globe which is round so it must have been made after the 1600s

if anyone could shine a little light on this coin/medal id be chuffed to bits

thanks

[Peckris]

hello everyone

one of my latest finds while metal detecting is this rather strange medal of some type saying state prohibitation. now i am led to believe that there was an alcohol ban or something like that anyway

the front of this item has a rose at the bottom, a coat of arms which is the same as a shield back sovereign and three figures with the sun beaming down on them.

ther reverse of this item is a picture of the globe which is round so it must have been made after the 1600s

if anyone could shine a little light on this coin/medal id be chuffed to bits

thanks

No knowledge I'm afraid, just deduction : the rose looks like the rose / shamrock / thistle emblem you find beneath Britannia on pre-bronze pennies of William Wyon, and which represents the British Isles post-Union. The shield, as you say, is the royal arms which you see on many reverses, with two sets of 3 leopards en passant plus an Irish harp; the 4th quarter should be the Scottish lion, but it's hard to make out. The allegorical figures of Faith Hope & Charity look very 19th Century, as does the rose symbol.

So my deduction - which doesn't allow for the word "State" (that sounds American!) - would be a medallion from the late 19th Century when the Temperance Movement was very strong. If, that is, alcohol is really the theme.

An interesting find, despite the condition.