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RARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF

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RARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF
RARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF
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RARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF Rare General George Gordon Meade bronze medal presented by the Union League of Philadelphia in 1866 commemorating his victory at Gettysburg in 1863, the obverse displays a profile bust portrait and tracing the edge are the words "Presented July 4, 1866 to Major Gen'l George G. Meade by The Union League of Philadelphia As A Token Of The Gratitude Of His Countrymen", "Paquet F." appears at lower left of portrait and the reverse depicts an allegorical tableau of the general receives laurels from Columbia, around the perimeter "The Victor At Gettysburg, The Deliverer Of Our State, The Faithful Soldier Of Our Country" and "July 1863" beneath image. This medal is one of approximately one-hundred ordered by The Union League and Meade himself was presented the same medal in gold while his immediate family received silver medals.
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RARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF

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