Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lieutenant-colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
Object Number:
1935.127a
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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