Lot 192 - Belgium. St. Gummarus AR 1025 Year Commemorative medallion from Great Britain. 1840.

Belgium. St. Gummarus AR 1025 Year Commemorative medallion. 1840. UYT EENDRAGT WERZAMELD, S.P.Q.L. flowers below central Coat of Arms of Lier in beaded border / * TER EERE VAN ONZEN EESCHERM HEYLIGEN GUMMARUS, dates on shield centre (815-1840). 29.88g, 44.00mm, 12h.Uncirculated. Wonderful surfaces and colouration. Housed in a nice contemporary wooden circular box.Little is known about this medal, but it is a commemorative of the St. Gummarus of Lier in Belgium, he was made a saint in 815AD, Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium). An official in the court of his relative Pepin the Younger or Pepin of Herstal according to some other sources,[2] after a number of years in military service he retired to live the life of a hermit.[3] The town of Lier grew up around his hermitage. (Wikipedia).