1846 AD., Great Britain, medal on Sir Robert Peel, Free Trade Act and Repeal of Corn Law, BHM 2240.

Great Britain, medal on Sir Robert Peel, Free Trade Act and Repeal of Corn Law, 1846 AD.,
Medal (ø 24 mm / 5,42 g), brass, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), reeded edge,
Obv.: SIR ROBERT - PEEL BART. , head of Robert Peel left.
Rev.: TO COMMEMORATE / JUNE 25TH ROYAL ASSENT JUNE 26TH 1846 // SIR RBT. PEEL´S / FREE TRADE / MEASURES , .
cf. ANS 1970.156.647 (20 mm?) ; - BHM 2240 .

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and also from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. While home secretary, Peel helped create the modern concept of the police force, leading to officers being known as "bobbies" (in England) and "peelers" (in Northern Ireland). As prime minister, Peel issued the Tamworth Manifesto (1834) during his brief first period in office, leading to the formation of the Conservative Party out of the shattered Tory Party; in his second administration he repealed the Corn Laws. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel
The Corn Laws were trade laws designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. To ensure that British landowners reaped all the financial profits from farming, the corn laws imposed steep import duties, making it too expensive for anyone to import grain from other countries, even when the people of Great Britain and Ireland needed the food (as in times of famine). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Laws