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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4587710, member: 10461&quot;][USER=40017]@PaddyB[/USER]- I&#039;m afraid I haven&#039;t a clue, but it certainly has a late 19th century appearance.&nbsp; Those folks look like they&#039;re dealing with hardship, and since there are what appear to be some potatoes in that basket, I wonder if it has something to do with the Irish Potato Famine?&nbsp; Granted, that was 1840s and not 1870s-1890s like this medal looks to me, but I wonder.&nbsp; What made you think it was American?&nbsp; I&#039;m not disagreeing with you there- just wondering.&nbsp; Since so many Irish came to America because of the famine, it doesn&#039;t rule out the medal being both American <i>and</i> about the Irish Potato Famine.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is rampant speculation, of course.&nbsp; It could just be a random agricultural medal that has nothing to do with the stuff I just expounded on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than being melancholy, those folks <i>could</i> just be praying, in hopes of a good harvest. (?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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