Medal: Commemorating GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
Artist: Benjamin Du Vivier (French, 1730-1819)
Date: 1785-1789
Dimensions:
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Medium: gilded bronze
Place of Origin: France
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number: 1907.46
DescriptionObverse: George Washington in profile, to right.
Inscribed around: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATUS/COMITIA AMERICANA
Reverse: Washington with several mounted officers.
Inscribed around: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS. Below landscape: BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM/ XVII MARTII/ MDCCLXXVI
Inscribed around: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATUS/COMITIA AMERICANA
Reverse: Washington with several mounted officers.
Inscribed around: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS. Below landscape: BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM/ XVII MARTII/ MDCCLXXVI
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