Universal Learning Medal
2006/10584
1800-1850 / Coin/Medal / Commemorative / Metal / Metalwork / Sunday School
Metal (coin); fabric (ribbon)
Early 1800s
An interesting universal learning medal, not specifically Methodist but demonstrating the great push to educate poorer children in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The front of the medal reads: "IT IS MY WISH THAT EVERY POOR CHILD SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO READ THE BIBLE. GEORGE III 1805" , and the reverse: "UNIVERSAL EDUCATION. FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES".
The medal was struck around 1805-10 and may have been given out in Sunday Schools, possibly to Sunday School teachers.
Early 1800s
An interesting universal learning medal, not specifically Methodist but demonstrating the great push to educate poorer children in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The front of the medal reads: "IT IS MY WISH THAT EVERY POOR CHILD SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO READ THE BIBLE. GEORGE III 1805" , and the reverse: "UNIVERSAL EDUCATION. FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES".
The medal was struck around 1805-10 and may have been given out in Sunday Schools, possibly to Sunday School teachers.
