Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 1781
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 58v
Additional Source Text:
"& round it GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA. on the reverse a lean Wolf coming out of a wood to attack a Lion that Sits, and behind. which is a Church &c."
"This medal with Several others were Sent from England to be distributed among the Indians during this war and were found among the plunder of Post St. Vincent by Col. Clark of Virginia in 1779."
Notes:
George III, the Lion and Wolf Indian Chief's Medal, solid silver, ca. 1777.
George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) captured the British fort Post St. Vincent (Vincennes) in the Illinois Country in August 1778 (not 1779).
