Live auction - fme_868961 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, prototype, Revers de la médaille du Major General George H. Thomas

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Estimate :	400 €
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End of the sale :	05 December 2023 17:11:55

Type : Médaille, prototype, Revers de la médaille du Major General George H. Thomas

Date: 1865

Metal : various

Diameter : 76 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 23,85 g.

Edge : lisse + abeille CUIVRE

Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) CUIVRE

Coments on the condition:

Quelques concrétions vertes dans le creux de certains reliefs, notamment dans les légendes. Quelques coups et rayures

Obverse

Obverse legend : LISSE.

Reverse

Reverse legend : “I WILL HOLD THE TOWN TIL WE STARVE.” // À L’EXERGUE : BY JOINT RESOLUTION / ADOPTED NOV. 2. / 1865.

Reverse description : Vue sur le bâtiment de l’Assemblée générale du Tennessee. Signé : BORREL.

Commentary

Médaille en Bakélite.
La légende du revers reprend une des phrases dites par le Général Major George H. Thomas le 19 octobre 1863 pendant les batailles de Chattanooga.
Bakelite medal. The legend on the reverse repeats one of the phrases spoken by Major General George H. Thomas on October 19, 1863, during the Battle of Chattanooga.