USA, Execution of John Brown, 1859, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust three-quarters right, rev. man hanging at gallows, 31mm (De Witt SL 1859-1). About extremely fine, retaining much original bloom £300-400

John Brown (1800-59), anti-slavery campaigner, was hanged on 2 December 1859 after leading a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in the hope of inspiring a slave rebellion