51mm. Silver. 62g. By J. Moore.
Obverse with St George slaying the dragon, reverse named to Henri Desenne - December 1888. Edge plain.
Extremely Fine and attractively toned. Extremely rare and a really rather beautiful medal.
The Royal College of Mauritius, Port Louis, Mauritius's most prestigious secondary school, was founded in 1799 by the Frenchman Charles Isidar De Caen. The school was named Royal College School on 18th January 1929, the year that the children of the gens de couleur could enrol.