Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: General Lafayette 1777-1824
Object Number:
1935.120
Date:
1824
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, on bust truncation: ".1824."
inscription: obverse, below bust at left: "CAUNOIS FRENCH."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with clothed bust of Lafayette facing right with legend: "GENERAL LAFAYETTE." Reverse bears an inscription within oak wreath: "THE DEFENDER/OF AMERICAN AND/FRENCH LIBERTY./1777-1824./BORN IN CHAVANIAC, THE 6 SEPTEMBER,/1757."
Credit Line:
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