Medal - Feargus O'Connor
TitleMedal - Feargus O'Connor
ReferenceBADGE/SUBJ/TOKEN/012
Date
1841
Production date 1841 - 1841
Scope and ContentMedal commemorating the release of Feargus O'Connor from York Castle on 27 Aug 1841. Front: Side portrait of O'Connor with the text 'Feargus O'Connor. Universal Suffrage and No Surrender. Reverse: Image of York Castle with the text below 'Liberated 27 Aug 1841' and surrounding text 'Feargus O'Connor was confined for 16 months in the Castle of York by the Whigs for Libel'. 2 copies [one with hole at top]
Extent2 items
Physical description43mm diameter
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordO'Connor, Feargus
SubjectChartist movement, Prisoners and prisons, Libel
Conditions governing accessOpen - Restricted access
Levelfile
Normal locationBadges Box 2 (Tokens Box 2) (BS/0)