1797Suspension Device: ring. Obverse Description: Minerva seated, facing left, placing a laurel wreath on the head of a school boy who is holding an open book; the Temple of Fame sits on the top of a mountain in the distant left background; a cherub flies above, holding a scroll inscribed SUA PRAEMIA LAUDI. Reverse Description: This Medal was adjuged to Master Joseph White for his Extraordinary Merit in Latin on the 14th day of July 1797; PARSONSTOWN ACADEMY in ribbon above. Historical or Other Relevant Background: Parsonstown, which is now called Birr (Biorra in Irish) is a small town in the Midlands county of Offaly in Ireland. A nearly identical medal, which was awarded on the same date "to Master John James for his Extraordinary Merit in the use of the Globes" was sold by Dix Noonan Webb on March 19, 2003, lot 1318..Irelandsilver51completely hand engraved