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Royal Collection Trust (no. RCIN 444918) / https://www.rct.uk/collection/444918/france-laudatory-medal-of-general-…IMAGE INFORMATION

La Fayette medal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 9, 1814

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 72

Additional Source Text:

Included in "A list of Coins and Medals, which I have placed in a case under Glass"

Notes:

Token coin depicting the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834),1792, engraved by Rambert Dumarest (1760-1806), struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, England.

Lt. Col. Aaron Levy (1771-1852), of New York, was a military officer, merchant, art collector, auctioneer, and real estate speculator.