Upper Canada Preserved, ‘For Merit Presented by a Grateful Country’, a silver...

Upper Canada Preserved, ‘For Merit Presented by a Grateful Country’, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, 51mm, lion and beaver face American eagle across panorama of the St Lawrence river, rev. legends in and around wreath, edge stamped ‘9’, contained in fitted case, good very fine and scarce £400-£500

Footnote
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 above example is one of the numbered run struck by Wyon to commemorate the centenary of the War of 1812.