Medal - America's First Medals Colonel De Fleury

Features

Location	United States
Type	Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year	1980
Composition	Pewter
Weight	20.7 g
Diameter	38 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 119041
References	MedalsUS# 406 Kenneth M. Failor, Eleonora Hayden; 1972. Medals of the United States Mint: Issued for Public Sale. Government Printing Office, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Series: America's First Medals

Obverse

Image of a Ares/Mars with bare sword, trampling enemy banner underfoot, in the ruins of a fortress.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Virtutis Et Audaciæ Monum. Et Præmium
d. De Fleury Equiti Gallo
Primo Super Muros
Resp. Americ. D. d

Translation:
A memorial and reward of courage and boldness.
The American Republic Presented this gift to D. de Fleury, a French Knight, the first to mount the walls.

Reverse

Stony Point, water batteries, and six ships.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Aggeres Paludes Hostes Victi
Stony - Pt. Expugn
Xv July MDCCLXXIX
reproduction 1880

Translation:
Fortifications, marshes, enemies overcome
Stony - Point carried by storm
July 15 1779

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1980										$ 5.40

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