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Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28

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Lieutenant-colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury

Object Number: 
1935.127a
Related Person:
Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
Engraver:
Pierre Simon DuVivier
Artist/Maker:
U.S. Mint
Date: 
1880
Medium: 
Copper-plated lead
Dimensions: 
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.5 cm )
Description: 
Copper-plated reverse shell with remnants of lead core of the DeFleury medal showing view of the fort with legend: "AGGERES PALUDES HOSTES VICTI"; inscription in exergue: "STONY-PT. EXPUGN./XV.JUL.MDCCLXXIX."
Credit Line: 
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Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group