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INDIA, 1909, an engraved silver presentation medal. unsigned, half-length portrait of...
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INDIA, 1909, an engraved silver presentation medal. unsigned, half-length portrait of Edward VII, crowned and robed, almost facing, rev. engraved (Saraswati Vachanalaya Vinchur. Established by Sardar G.M. Vinchurkar Opened by A.M.T. Jackson Esqr Collector of Nasik on 27.2.09), 44mm, 29.40g. Very fine, toned with scroll and loop for suspension, UNIQUE £800-£1,000 --- The medal was presented on the opening of a library in the Indian town of Vinchur, near Nashik in Maharashtra. The opening was presided over by Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson. a British officer in the Indian Civil Service who, unlike many of his countrymen held India and its inhabitants in high esteem. A lover of Indian culture and history and a student of Sanskrit, he was highly regarded and known locally as ‘Pandit Jackson’. It is surprising then, that a few months after this medal was engraved he was shot at close range by an Indian Freedom Fighter, Anant Laxman Kanhere in a theatre in Nashik at a performance of the Narathi drama ‘Sharada’ held in Jackson’s honour. His role as a Magistrate led local revolutionaries to target him in revenge for prosecuting one of their number, notwithstanding his unusually sympathetic attitude towards their country and culture.
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INDIA, 1909, an engraved silver presentation medal. unsigned, half-length portrait of Edward VII, crowned and robed, almost facing, rev. engraved (Saraswati Vachanalaya Vinchur. Established by Sardar G.M. Vinchurkar Opened by A.M.T. Jackson Esqr Collector of Nasik on 27.2.09), 44mm, 29.40g. Very fine, toned with scroll and loop for suspension, UNIQUE £800-£1,000 --- The medal was presented on the opening of a library in the Indian town of Vinchur, near Nashik in Maharashtra. The opening was presided over by Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson. a British officer in the Indian Civil Service who, unlike many of his countrymen held India and its inhabitants in high esteem. A lover of Indian culture and history and a student of Sanskrit, he was highly regarded and known locally as ‘Pandit Jackson’. It is surprising then, that a few months after this medal was engraved he was shot at close range by an Indian Freedom Fighter, Anant Laxman Kanhere in a theatre in Nashik at a performance of the Narathi drama ‘Sharada’ held in Jackson’s honour. His role as a Magistrate led local revolutionaries to target him in revenge for prosecuting one of their number, notwithstanding his unusually sympathetic attitude towards their country and culture.
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