* Brazil, St. John del Rey Mining Company Centenary, 1930, gold medal, miner holding drill at roc

* Brazil, St. John del Rey Mining Company Centenary, 1930, gold medal, miner holding drill at rock-face, PROFUNDIS across, hammer behind, signed AGIL by edge, rev., hill with cross on top, MORRO VELHO on ground, CENTENARIO ST JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY BRASIL in four lines, MDCCCXXX over, MDCCCCXXX below, 39mm, 51.3g, some edge marks, extremely fine and rare The Prince of Wales visited Brazil from 25th March to 12th April 1931 in order to promote trade with Great Britain. Medals are recorded in Giordano commemorating his visits to Lima, Peru in February of that year and Buenos Aires, Argentina, earlier in March 1931 (Gi. CM 131-2). Although the occasion on which this medal was presented has not been traced, the Prince of Wales is known to have been in the area of the company headquarters on the 4th April when he visited Belo Horizonte. The St. John del Rey Mining Company was a British gold mining enterprise, with a labour force mainly consisting of Cornish emigrants. The mine at Morro Velho grew to be the biggest private enterprise in the Minais Gerais region, almost equaling the revenues of the government.