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Comitia Americana medal, Washington before Boston, 1776

Comitia Americana medal, Washington before Boston, 1776 Silver,

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    Silver, engraved by Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier, 1789

    68 mm, 168.9 grams

    Made for George Washington. Washington-Webster set, Betts 542


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    Congress awarded Washington this medal for his "wise and spirited conduct in the siege and acquisition of Boston."

    Gift of Peter Harvey, 1874.