Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 1996.501.18
- Creator:
- Tiffany Company
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1895
- Description:
- Medal, commemorative, 150th anniversary of the capture of the Fortress of Louisburg by the British, 1895. Circular bronze medal. Obverse: relief profile busts of two 18th-century men, identified as "WARREN" and "PEPPERRELL"; text above and below, "SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS / 'NIL DESPERANDUM CHRISTO DUCE' / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 150TH / ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPTURE JUNE 17 1745"; lettering at base of right bust, "TIFFANY CO." Reverse: seacoast scene with fort, dated below, "MDCCXX"; text around perimeter above, "LUDOVICOBURGUM FUNDATEM ET MUNITUM". In original paperboard box with removable cover; cover imprinted, "TIFFANY CO / UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK. / [also London and Paris addresses] / GRAND PRIX / EXPOSITIONS UNIVERSELLES. / 1878 1889"; cover inscribed in ink, "Louisburg Medal / Presented / by / the General Society / to / the N.H. / Society."
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze - Dimensions:
- D-0.2 Dia-2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- French and Indian War, Forts fortifications, Ships
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