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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mexirish, post: 969752, member: 26903&quot;]yarm,</p><p>very interesting variation in colors, I am no expert so cannot comment but it sur elooks like the brighter ones are gilted, I have never seen reference to a gilt version of this medal though.</p><p>Some more info. for you</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The medal was presented the following day, see more info. at this link</p><p><a href="http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1795:31:1:7.lincoln" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1795:31:1:7.lincoln" rel="nofollow">http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1795:31:1:7.lincoln</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All from the book</p><p>Mansfield, Edward D.; Scott, Winfield. <i><a href="http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/navigate.pl?lincoln.1795" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/navigate.pl?lincoln.1795" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #660066">Life and Services of General Winfield Scott, Including the Siege of Vera Cruz, the Battle of Cerro Gordo, and the Battles in the Valley of Mexico, to the Conclusion of Peace, and His Return to the United States</span></a></i> . New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1852</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is also reference to the medal as item 220 in</p><p>&quot;An arrangement of medals and tokens struck in honor of the presidents of the United States, and of the presidential candidates, from the administration of John Adams to that of Abraham Lincoln, inclusive&quot; by Alfred H. Satterlee originally printed in 1862 (reprinted in 2009)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More later[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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