NEW BOOK: BRITISH METHODIST MEDALS AND TOKENS

Catalogue of Methodist Medallions, Medals and Tokens of Great Britain
By: Martin Bower

297 x 210mm portrait, PPC, 440 pages
RRP £75

Martin Bower's fully comprehensive catalogue is the first to cover all medallions, medals and tokens produced within Methodism in Great Britain between the years 1770 and 2024. The introduction gives an overview of the catalogue's contents followed by a brief historical background.

After the introduction, the catalogue contains sections relating to Methodist Commemorative Medallions; Sunday School Awards and Attendance Medals; School and College Medals; Temperance and Band of Hope Medals; Overseas Missions Awards and Prize Medals; Sporting Awards and Methodist Tokens. It includes a substantial amount of material not previously published. A considerable amount of research has been carried out regarding the history behind the entries, with a huge amount of fascinating background information provided by way of notes. An extensive index is also included.

About the cover:

In June 1742 John Wesley visited Epworth, where his father the Rev Samuel Wesley had been rector. Prior to the Sunday service Wesley offered to assist, but the curate dismissed his approach. Forbidden to preach inside the church, but with many of the parishioners expecting to hear him, he decided to speak standing on his father's grave. The catalogue cover shows this scene as depicted by Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896).

Superimposed on this scene is a medallion issued in 1839 (photographic credit: Wioletta Madaj), showing on the obverse the head of John Wesley and, on the reverse, the Centenary Hall and Mission House, being one of several medallions struck to commemorate the Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism.

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