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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D647/1 |
| Title | Advertisement (size 12cm x 12cm) for a medal commercially produced by Mr [James] Taylor, of [71 Summer Lane] Birmingham. The advertisement declares that the medal was approved by the Council of the National Anti-Corn Law League, meeting in Manchester in December 1841 |
| Date | 1840s |
| Description | The Corn Laws, in force in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846, imposed restrictions and tariffs on imported grain. The Anti-Corn Law League was a nation-wide political movement advocating free trade.
The medal is described: the obverse shows a starving artisan and family, with symbols of economic depression related to the impact of the Corn Laws; the reverse shows an artisan and family with symbols of a positive economic outlook.
Derbyshire Record Office does not hold an example of such a medal, but an image of one is attached to this catalogue record. |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Unidentified |
| Image | ![Advertisement (size 12cm x 12cm) for a medal commercially produced by Mr [James] Taylor, of [71 Summer Lane] Birmingham. The advertisement declares that the medal was approved by the Council of the National Anti-Corn Law League, meeting in Manchester in December 1841](GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&fname=D647+1+medal.JPG&type=RecordThumbnail)
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