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Pioneers of South Africa Silver Meddalion - Robert Mofat
This medal of Robert Mofat was minted in Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver), weighs 15 grams and is 33 mm in diameter.
It formed part of a set of 24 medallions depicting Pioneers of Southern Africa
Minted By the South African Historical Mint ( Beautifully Struck in Proof )
Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a ScottishCongregationalistmissionary to Africa, and father in law of David Livingstone.
Moffat was born of humble parentage in Ormiston, East Lothian. To find employment, he moved south to Cheshire in England as a gardener. In 1814, whilst employed at West Hall High Legh in Cheshire he experienced difficulties with his employer due to his Methodist sympathies. For a short period, after having applied successfully to the London Missionary Society (LMS) to become an overseas missionary, he took an interim post as a farmer, at Plantation Farm in Dukinfield (where he first met his future wife). In September 1816, he was formally commissioned at Surrey Chapel in London as a missionary of LMS (on the same day as John Williams), and was sent out to South Africa. His fiance Mary Smith (1795–1870) was able to join him three years later, after he returned to Cape Town from Namaqualand (where he converted the chief Afrikaner to Christianity) and she actively assisted further missionary work.
Above : Each Medal weighs between 15 and 16 Grams
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