USA, War of Independance Medal, 1779 

• 1975 
• Commemorative tokens 

  + 1

  Imitations (Fake)
• Verenigde Staten 
• America's First Medals 

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Tokens / Medals

USA, War of Independance Medal, 1779

Commemorative tokens, Imitations (Fake)

1975

In Latin: "A Memorial and reward of courage and boldness"

In Latin: "The American Republic presented this gift to D. de Fleury, a French knight, the first to mount the walls". At the top of the reverse the Latin inscription reads: "Fortifications, marshes, enemies overcome." The bottom inscription reads: "Stony

Colonel Francois Louis Teisseidre de Fleury is honored in the fourth medal in the mint series of Americas First Medals. The Continental Congress voted to confer upon Col. de Fleury a medal for his bold assault on the fortifications at Stony Point. De Fleury was the first to enter the main works of the fort where the British colors were swiftly struck by his own hands. The original medal was struck in silver and designed by Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier, chief engraver of the Paris Mint. It should be added that De Fleury was the only foreigner to receive a medal from the Continental Congress.