Show fae in 0 A aft man abaft aimse asa imperishable bronze rim L awa 1 i A 5 if I 1 90 2030 demce to I 1 is tu tia coln c mw ia v h sh affy K AZ ar ST T av 3 r society 41 1 A iwatiw aio 7 21 is 7 YV by bi ELMO SCOTT WATSON an established custom the united seitei mint recently issued the thirtieth in the ot of presidential medals this ope one corn com the inauguration of herbert hoover its da president of the th 9 united sta states tes the medal is made of bronze and will be sold to td the public for which to Is its value in united states currency any ones one in 14 this series Is available to the public at the same cost the first of these tobe to be struck laythan la that undraped draped on bust of washington facing the right with the inscription on george washington j dent of thi the united giat states esa and ahe dace 1789 T athe mhd artist who designed this medal was iris pie alerre are f s simon slin 0 ri du 1 of jenn jean du vivier kno known wn aadu as du ie pere ditke the orsi first of a distinguished I 1 family of medal engravers who at the tha beginning or of the seventeenth cen century turye lived in lige the reverse of themual them the Wal has the legend isacc P Iea pace cc and nd friendship 11 and two hands clasped in token vf of amity on the cuff of the left t wrist there are three stripes and buttons with the american eagle bagli theother the other wrt crisi Is bare above the pipe of peace and tomahawk are cros crossed sid indian emblems of peace and war the reverse of this medal I 1 Is s repeated on the medals of the presidents from washington to william henry harrlson who died after one month in office the reverse odthe of the harrlson harrison medal bears this inscription with ft ath a laurel wreath in inaugurated all figu president of thet the united states march 4 1841 died april 4 1841 the medals of john tyler 1841 james K polk 1845 1915 and zachary lor 1849 have thi the same reverse myers e i as the was washington hin medal ilas clasped tied bands with VIM th the eca calumet lumet and tomahawk the artist who designed the medal tor for millard fillmore ISM placed on the reverse a different design bili but still typifying thear the friendship between thi the united states and the indians a white man jsn ind and an indian stand before a flag in an agricultural scene above labor virtue t honor this design Is repeated on the reverse of we the pierce and buchanan medals the medal struck for abraham lincoln carries on the obverse his bis head bearded facing the right with the simple lettering abraham lincoln on the reverse inaugurated president of the united stat states es march 4 1801 second term march 4 assassinated april 14 ISM 1865 surrounded by an oak wreath the simplicity of this medal and the fine balance of lettering make it if one of the most the series the next medal the andrew johnson Is the last to bear a representation of the peace between the untied states bind and I 1 the indians on the reverse Is 1 the figure of columbia n a flo flowing wing robe grasping the handoc hand of an indian chief before a tomb sur mounted Bio anted by the bust of washington except for thit the portraits i atin there are but slight alight dlf dit zeren res in the later Ined medals als most of which bear on OB the reverse vie the simple lettering stating thi the dates of binau inauguration u for william mckinley two ined medals alx wiit berc struck the second commemorating his bli assassination ori on september fl 1901 there the re feree derai f this reI represents resents the mourning figure of columbia columb designed by mr morgan the artist who later batir enit engraved raved the harddng medil medal the presidential nail weclaw medals how however ever are only a small mall part of those authorized bp b congress and track struck by the mint m in order tw to perpetuate the tame ame of americans of outstanding achievement among the most interesting of the others are the medals given officer the army and na navy as a part of their reward for distinguished services this elis custom toad began during the he devolution the first one belk being il a pedal medal in commemoration of there the betak tak indof In ing of boston to la 1770 1776 the medal bears the bu bust at or of with the inscription I 1 georg georgio Geor glo r a washington duel adier adser tori torl li liberakis beratis the Arneil american eni congress to george washington commander in chief of the ar armies arales of liberty on the 06 reverse Hos pilad arlino the ene enemy my put 0 to o flight for the first flisa iliner W washington i I 1 n on his 19 gorse horse surrounded surround round ed by his big staff points to the fritiof fleet which to Is leaving boston the american army in battle art rm atwil dunlea es ready to occupy tb the city this flus fine y 11 W R medal was designed by bj du vivier w who hoalst alao do de signed signe athe the presidential mb medal dallof of washington thereafter the continental congress voted such ouch an award to nearly every general who won abat a battle tl as fo for r example the jold gold medal glyen given bogen to gen daniel morian morgan and thi the silver afe medals dalosto to his subordinates for their victory at coap coppens cowpens Cow pens denb or who won a campaign such ai as gen nathaniel greene for his brilliant maneuvers in the south which wore out his bis opponents opponent lord cornwallis and led finally to yorktown and the british surrender the small washington 1 agton medal shown above Is in typical ofee of the many which were struck after the death of the brot president this one which was made of silver iid and li la described asa as a little larger and thicker than the spanish quarter quartee of a dollar was designed by dudley A tyng collector of customs toms ot nt newburyport bias at that ont time andaas aby made by jacob perkins ns a will well known know engraver and die cutter this Is only oneff one of the many bearing the bead of washington there belk being about fifty others not to menti mention onan an iven even greater i n umber number in which his features appear in some combination after john paul jone in the bon romme homme richard won his great navai navar victory over the during the revolution co congress 11 gr egg pa passed siiri resolutions li in his honor three times and also presented him with a gold medal and that started shafted a veritable flood of medals for our naval heroes which reached its high tide during the war of 1812 one was struck in ISM in honor of tho thomas T Trux tons us victory over efrench a frenchi ship and abnot another her in ISM 1804 in lio honor of com commodore M odore services service in an subduing the barbary pirates then came the second war with england with its series of Aw american erlean victories on the sea to dispel some of the gloom caused by the re repeated defeats on theland the land it brought medals to capt isaac hull commander jacob jones capt stephen decatur capt Will lilliain Wt llIam iain bainbridge ea capt oliver hazard haard pe perry rry capt jesse D elliott elleott capt anines IR lawrence Trence aleut william burrows kleut edward edwaad mccall cap robert henley kleut stephen cossin commodore thomas Muc macdonough Donough capt johnston blakeley capt t lewla warrington capt charles stewart and an capt james biddle I 1 but thit that th the ewar war on land was natall not all defeats to Is ab shown ownby by the fact that thit valo valorous rou s military servi services ces won wow medals for the following genbi gen william ila in henry harrlson harrison and gov GOT isaac shelby of kentucky at the battle of the thames gen james miller gen winfield scott gen edmund balneg benjacob gen jacob brown gen peter porter and gen eleazer ripley it at the battles of chippewa niagara and erie gen alexander macome at the battle of platts burgh gen andrew jackson afflit battle 0 of anew new orleans and gen george croghan at the defense age of fort stephenson Step benson sandusky the alie latter iatter was one of the most brilliant beati beah in all american history Cro croghan glian a nephew of george rogers cla clark k and a a youngster pt of twenty four who had ali ready icon won the rank of major wits was placed in command of 01 fort stephenson Stephe naon a rani ramshackle shackle old stockade which wai was the outpost the supplies lles and of all the american armies in inthe the northwest his garrison g consisted of officers and men but this htoy foreen successfully withstood the assaults of indica under tecumseh and british regular alm under general proctor inflicting such heavy losses that the enemy wasl forced to retreat the amer lean ican loss was on only lyone one killed and seven wounded wound edl 1 by this victory the safety of the american supply depots was as assured mired the state of ohio was delivered from the fear of british and indian invasion and the 0 old id northwest was again saved ved to the Ameri american cark flag cro Crog chants hans medal was one of the 42 awarded by specific acts of congress down to the time of the civil war eleven were given for deeds performed during the revolution one each tor for the french and war 27 for the war of 1812 a and nd two for the Alex mexican ican war the only medals a awarded W during th the C civil w war ar were to general grant and commodore vanderbilt and only one was rag given during the spanish american war to admiral dewey after that war the general medal of honor took the place of the old fashioned congressional gres award early in its history the united states began issuing medals for the war department to present to indian chieftains on the conclusion of treaties of peace the red ned jacket medal shown above owned by the famous seneca chief was typical of the medals issued during the administration of president washington it was given to red jacket in 1792 1702 after the united states and the six nations had signed a treaty of pence peace soon after the close of the revolution tills tale medal la Is made of sliver silver with a heavy rim and Is five anches in width and nearly seven inches in length the devices upon it were engraved it Is said by david rittenhouse the famous philadelphia ahl philosopher lo who was a jeweler I 1 in his younger days dayl large numbers I 1 of medals similar to this one were presented to the chiefs who a signed the treaty of greenville in 1795 and came to be regarded as insignia of leadership being handed down from one generation to another in tribes where the chieftainship was hereditary about the time of the administration of jefferson thi the regular presidential ident ial lal medal was waa used for presentation to the indians and one of these theae which badan had an especially ant Interest LiR history la in the black partridge medal shown above knothe once the property of the pottawatomie chief who played such n noble nobl erale role at the fort dearborn massacre in 1812 1811 when black Tart partridge rIdge learned that captain heald comman commander derit at fort dearborn had been beeri ordered to evacuate evac that post he went to him and aid bald father acome I 1 come to deliver to you yon emedal th tb I 1 wear it was given me by the americans and I 1 have long jlong worn worm it to in token of our mutual friendship but our young an men are resolved to imbrue their hands in the blood of the white people I 1 I 1 cannot restrain them th emandI andi will not wear a token of pence iam 1 coi compelled to accas an enemy how true wasi ans his warning was shown by bv the of bori followed when ti the le little littie garrison marched butof out of ti the ie fort and started on its march to fort wayne in the midst of I 1 the slaughter it was wag black partridge who saved um mra ut im the wife of one of the off officers leers from the attack of an infuriated young brave a deed which Is corn commemorated mern orated in the fort de dearbo ar bo a massacre monument monuments alch stands at abi foot i 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