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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8172850, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1917 Washington &amp; Lafayette</b></p><p><b>Homage to USA WW1 medal</b></p><p>28 mm silvered bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427987[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427988[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In its conflicted inter dependency, the friendship between Washington and Lafayette reflects the relationship that the United States and France have maintained for more than two centuries. This little medal was made in 1917 to thank America for declaring war on Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaston Albert Lavrillier, born in Paris in 1890 and died in 1958, is a French engraver, medalist, painter and sculptor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lafayette and Washington remained close friends after the war. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette. When the Marquis came back to the United States in 1784, he visited Washington in retirement at Mount Vernon in August, where the two men had an emotional reunion. Lafayette stayed with the Washington family at Mount Vernon for ten days.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon</b></p><p><b>1784 </b></p><p><font size="4">by Rossiter and Mignot</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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