Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1890, a large cast bronze medal by Elinor Hallé, cast by J. Moore for the Royal Geographical Society, high-relief bust of Henry Morton Stanley left, rev. seated figure of Africa right, in elephant head-dress, empties waters of the Rivers Congo and Nile, her left foot on a crocodile, a mountain and rising sun, 124mm (Attwood 11; BHM 3410; E 1763). Casting flaws on reverse, otherwise good very fine, rare £400-500

24 examples of this medal are believed to have been made for presentation to the members of the expedition and the families of those who had died on it