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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3745810, member: 101855"]Yes, it is part of the Cometia Americana series. It is a set of medals that were awarded to heros of the American Revolutionary War. The receipiants include George Washington for the British evacuation of Boston, Horatio Gates for the victory at Saratoga and Daniel Morgan for the Battle of the Cow Pens. The medals that were awarded to the heros were in gold or silver. "Mortal collectors" like me are happy to find them bronze. All but one of the medals were designed and made by the French. If you include the Diplomatic Medal in your set, that can cost more than Libertas Amerecana medal because it is so rare. I chose to ignore that one. I recently wrote a couple articles on these medals for my local club. I could put them up here in a series of posts. The U.S. mint made small copies of these medals in pewter for the Bicentennial. They were called America's First Medals. The Libertas Americana Medal was not included in that set because the U.S. Mint has never made copies of that piece. Here are photos of the cover of the album the mint issued at that time in the obverse side of the pieces. [ATTACH=full]1004655[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1004657[/ATTACH] Here is the Daniel Morgan medal in bronze. The medal was executed by Augustin Dupre who also designed the Libertas Americana. This is considered by many to be the best design in the set. [ATTACH=full]1004661[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1004662[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]