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Message:: [QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3313109, member: 92556"]The "mystery", is no longer so, but I'll add some bits from online to help make it a more rounded picture. Designed by Benjamin Franklin and E.-A.-Gibelin, sculpted/engraved by A. Dupre'. Struck at the "Mint for Medals at the Louvre", Paris. Silver, 47.5 mm, 45.7 gm (1.612 oz). - OBVERSE. LIBERTAS AMERICANA (American Liberty), a bust of Liberty with flowing hair and Phrygian cap on a pole behind her.The daate, 4 July 1776, is spelled from the shortened French form. Signature DUPRE appears at the truncation of the bust. REVERSE. Infant Hercules, symbolic of the United States, strangling two snakes that represent the British armies at Saratoga and Yorktown. Minerva at the left with the fleur-de-lis of France on her shield and a spear in hand thwarting the attack of a lion representing Britain. Above is the motto from Horace's ode, "Descende coelo" (the infant is not bold without the aid of the gods). Two dates, with a common month, in the exergue, signify American victories at Saratoga and Yorktown. Signature, DUPRE F. appears at the lion's feet.[/QUOTE]