Indian Peace Medals
1862 Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal Including the First Medal with a Baseball Game Being Played Depicted
1862 Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal. Medium Size. Struck in Bronze. 62.8 mm. Julian IP-39. Engraved by Ellis and Wilson. Choice About Mint State.
Julian IP-39. A wonderful, sharply detailed example of this historic and highly popular Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal in its very scarce medium size. Obverse design: Caped bust right, name and title around, date below. Reverse design: Native American Indian Warrior Scalping scene, with quiver, bow, tomahawk, and Indian bust around central vignette of a Native American plowing his fields, with children Playing Baseball in the background. Type with the sculptors signature on the reverse. This important American medal also includes the very First Depiction of a Baseball Game being played in metallic form. On the center of the reverse is a design showing children playing Baseball. A beautiful example of this popular type, having even natural medium bronze color. Avidly sought after for both its connection to President Abraham Lincoln (and the fine portrait by Salathiel Ellis) and its historic early depiction of Baseball being played on its reverse.