Medal - Attack on Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina
Medal - Attack on Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina
€465,842.00
Location
United
States
Year
Type
Commemorative
medals
Composition
Weight
15.79 g
Diameter
35 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Battle scene , the attack on Fort Sumter (opening of t he Civil War), legend at the bottom.
Obverse lettering
CM
Charleston, SC . April 12, 1861
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
The Seal of South Carolina
Reverse lettering
SOUTH CAROLINA
1776
ANIMIS OPIBUSQUE PARATI
DUM SPIRO SPERO
SPES (Translation: SOUTH CAROLINA 1776 READY IN SPIRIT AND WEALTH WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE HOPE)
