Queen Victoria Medal/Coin "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Medallion?

Does anyone know what this was minted for to commemorate or what year it was made? I suspect strongly its mid 1800's based on the Victoria design. I cannot seem to find anything online other than this recent eBay sale http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-...-qui-mal-y-pense-Medallion-19mm-/350756769878

thanks, RMiller

 

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It is a British 19th century gaming token.

They have all kinds of inscriptions on them.

I have a similar one.



Great Britain Victoria Model Half Sovereign gaming token

Obverse:
Profile of Queen Victoria
VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN 1841

Reverse:
Royal crown logo
THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVRN

Size: 19mm
Metal: Brass

 

Thank you very much. Are any particularly rare or valuable or collectible? hint hint...is mine?

 

Actually the OP's piece appears to date from the early to mid 1840s and also refers to the Prince of Wales, as the motto on the reverse is the one used for the Prince of Wales. I have to wonder that this is some sort of commemorative for Prince Albert Edward, who to his mother's chagrin became King Edward VII instead of King Albert I. He was born in 1841, and I am pretty sure the piece from the appearance of it must have been rendered thereafter.

 

I wonder how big (diameter) the OP's item is.

 

I do not have an exact measurement but it is the about the diameter of a US quarter.