The Medallic History of the United States

MEDALLIC HISTORY OF UNITED STATES of AMERICA 1776-1876 By J F Loubat This book is a thoroughly researched work on the medals of the United States in the first century of its independence. There were 86 medals given away by congress in these 100 years starting with the gold medal, for George Washington for his siege of boston, specially engraved in paris under the direction of Benjamin Franklin. This definitive and exhaustive history of medals contains illustrations of the medals, biographical sketches, descriptions and resolutions and letters related to the medals. This eBook contains 170 Illustrations of the Medals