51mm. Silver. By T. Wyon Jr.
Obverse with 'Upper Canada Preserved', lion and beaver face American eagle across panorama of the St Lawrence river. Reverse with ‘For Merit - Presented by a Grateful Country’ in and around closed wreath. Number '19' on edge.
Slabbed and graded by NGC as MS61.
The certification number for this medal is 6948069-003.
These medals were originally struck for the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada as a reward for gallant service during the War of 1812-14 but were never issued as such. The Loyal and Patriotic Society acquired 62 gold and 550 silver medals in 1814 and 1817 but in 1840 they destroyed 61 gold and 548 silver medals in sight of witnesses (and these were from a slightly different design). Subsequently, all available examples of this medal are later restrikes (although not always described as such) and this example is one of the numbered run struck by Wyon in the early 1910's to commemorate the centenary of the War of 1812.