1880 AD., Great Britain, white metal medal on Robert Raikes and the centenary of sunday schools.

Great Britain, medal on Robert Raikes and the centenary of sunday schools, 1880 AD., distributed to children attending Sunday Schools that year,
Medal (44 mm / 22,68 g), white metal, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge, holed at top,
Obv.: CENTENARY OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS 1880 / ROBERT RAIKES , his bust facing left.
Rev.: SUFFER THE LTTLE CHILDREN / TO COME UNTO ME , Jesus seated left with a standing disciple behind, receiving four children from their parents.
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/1125347 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raikes_Sunday_School_centenary_medal.jpg .

Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. Pre-dating state schooling and by 1831 schooling 1,250,000 children, they are seen as the first schools of the English state school system.