Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

George III Preserved from Assassination

Engraver:
Conrad Heinrich Küchler
Year:
1800
Country:
Great Britain
Diameter:
48 mm
Obverse:
Bust of George III facing left.
GEORGIUS III·D:G·BRITANNIARUM REX·FIDEI DEF·& c·
C·H·K.
Reverse:
Altar with flame on top. Smoke rises on the left and right of the flame. Above the altar is the all-seeing eye with rays coming from the triangle.
PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT.
A SICARIO SERVATUS MAI·XV. MDCCC.
D. O. M.
References:
BHM 484

James Hadfield or Hatfield (1771/1772 – 23 January 1841) attempted to assassinate George III of the United Kingdom in 1800. On the evening of 15 May 1800, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, during the playing of the national anthem, Hadfield fired a pistol at the King standing in the royal box but missed.