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Medal (314.3)

Peace of Versailles. Louis XVI at the left in royal robes, adorned with lillies and seated on his throne, facing the right, points with his left hand to a shield charged with thirteen bars, azure on a silver field, which a woman, representing Liberty, has just hung on a column surmounted by the free hat; "LIBERTAS AMERICANA" across the top perimeter and "MDCCLXXXIII" at the bottom, center.

Reverse: In the figure's right hand a spear, at the foot of which an olive springs up; her left hand holds a ribbon, tied in a bow, from which hangs the shields of France with its lilies at the left above, Great Britain at the right, Spain below, at the left, with Castile and Leon quaterly, and Holland at th...

1783
Copper
1.8in
314.3
Image and text: DAR Museum, 2024

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