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Medal - Daniel Morgan Cowpens Comitia Americana
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1781 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a dynamic battle scene in high relief depicting the American victory at the Battle of Cowpens, with a mounted officer charging at right, infantry advancing with flags, and fallen and fleeing enemy soldiers in the foreground amid billowing smoke. The legend VICTORIA LIBERTATIS VINDEX arcs along the upper rim, and the exergual panel below reads FUGATIS CAPTIS AVT CAESIS / AD COWPENS HOSTIBVS. / XVII. JAN. MDCCLXXXI. The engraver's credit DUPRE INVET ET F appears below the exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA LIBERTATIS VINDEX / FVGATIS CAPTIS AVT CAESIS AD COWPENS HOSTIBVS. XVII. JAN. MDCCLXXXI. DUPRE INVET ET F |
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