Major General William H. Harrison Medal
Artist/Culture
Moritz Fürst
(Hungarian, 1782–after 1841)
Date1818
Mediumbronze
Dimensions6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Acquisition
Object number1975.144
Descriptionobv: Bust, R. MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. HARRISON FURST.F. rev: RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS APRIL 4. 1818 (America, personified as a maiden, with a spear in her right hand and resting on the American sheild, places with her left a crown of laurel on a trophy formed of the arms of the enemy, on which hangs a buckler, with the inscription:) FORT MEIGS BATTLE OF THE THAMES. EXERGUE: BATTLE OF THE THAMES OCTOBER 5. 1813. FURST.F.
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