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Medal Awarded to James Greer - 1828
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Medal Awarded to James Greer - 1828
Medal Awarded to James Greer - 1828
Silver medal awarded to “Jacobus Greer” (probably James Greer* of Coneywarren, born 2nd January 1817, died 5th November 1892)
The inscription in Latin has been translated into 2 possibilities:
The first, handwritten, origin unknown.
Front side:
James Greer
To one brought up in the language of the muses
at the school of William Smyth
Omagh
For outstanding and assiduous diligence
Throughout six months
A.D. 1828
Rear side:
The laurels of the learned
The reward of the brows.
The second, translated by Gibson Sheat, Lawyers on 16/10/84:
Front:
Jacobus Greer
James Greer
Musarum in Grammaticus
In the studies of the muses
Alumno apud Scholum
To the pupil at school
Gulielm Smyth
William Smyth
Propter diligentiam per sex mense insignem et assiduam
For outstanding and assiduous diligence over six months
Back:
Doctarum Hederae Proemia Frontium
The reward of a garland of ivy for his brow
*Great Uncle of James Greer Fleming of Campsie House, Omagh Co. Tyrone Ulster, Northern Ireland.