1973 “America's First Medals” Medals Commemorating the Battles of the American Revolution
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Here is the complete collection from 1973. Eleven PEWTER medals in all. That includes the ten pewter medals that are reproductions of the “First Ten Medals” voted by the Continental Congress to commemorate the decisive military actions of the Revolutionary War, plus one additional medal (in the center) with the United States Department of the Treasury Emblem.
The presentation case is in great condition and has the Department of the Treasury medal inset in the center. Inside the lid is a 44 page description of the coins and their history.
The Ten medals commemorate:
General George Washington for the liberation of Boston 1776
Major General Horatio Gates for the victory at Saratoga 1777
Brigadier General Anthony Wayne for the victory at Stony Point 1779
Lieutenant Colonel Louis DeFleury for the storming of Stony Point 1779
Major Henry Lee for the attack on Paulus Hook 1779
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