Medal - America`s First Medals Colonel De Fleury

€119,041.00
LocationUnited States
Year1980
TypeCoin replicas
CompositionPewter
Weight20.7 g
Diameter38 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
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Period
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Obverse descriptionImage of a Ares/Mars with bare sword, trampling enemy banner underfoot, in the ruins of a fortress.
Obverse letteringVirtutis Et Audaciæ Monum. Et Præmium d. De Fleury Equiti Gallo Primo Super Muros Resp. Americ. D. d
(Translation: A memorial and reward of courage and boldness. The American Republic Presented this gift to D. de Fleury, a French Knight, the first to mount the walls.)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionStony Point, water batteries, and six ships.
Reverse letteringAggeres Paludes Hostes Victi Stony - Pt. Expugn Xv July MDCCLXXIX reproduction 1980
(Translation: Fortifications, marshes, enemies overcome Stony - Point carried by storm July 15 1779)
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverUnited States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
Mintage1980  - -
Catalog ID9387601910
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