Robert Raikes - Medalet, 150th birthday of the Sunday schools 1780-1930

Country: Kingdom of Great Britain (United Kingdom)
King George V (1910-1936)
Type: Commemorative Token / Medalet 
Composition: Gilt Bronze
Year: 1930
Mint: London
Weight: 4.3 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Shape: Round with a loop and ribbon
Grade: MS/UNC
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑

Obverse:
Bust facing left.

Lettering:
Robert Raikes.

Reverse:
Lettering: 150th Anniversary of Robert Raikes Founder of Sunday Schools 1780-1930
London.

Edge:
Plain.

Comments:
Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1735 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. He was educated at The Crypt School Gloucester. Pre-dating state schooling and by 1831 schooling 1,250,000 children, they are seen as the first precursor schools of the English state school system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes

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