Ulysses S. Grant: Ultra Fine Appomattox high relief medal (USG 1868-4)
Ulysses S. Grant: Ultra Fine Appomattox high relief medal (USG 1868-4)

Ulysses S. Grant: Ultra Fine Appomattox high relief medal (USG 1868-4)

On sale: $275.00 $250.00
Medal promoting Ulysses Grant for president, 1868.
Catalog No: 20689
Availability: In Stock.
SIZE: 50 mm
GRADE: Choice/UNC

Medal promoting Ulysses Grant for president, 1868. White metal. DeWitt USG 1868-4.

OBV: Bust of Grant to right; inscription above, LET US HAVE PEACE, below, ULYSSES S. GRANT. REV: Inscription above, THE MEN WILL NEED THEIR HORSES TO PLOW WITH; center, four stacks of rifles, figure of man plowing with team of horses; below, APPOMATOX [sic].

Impressive high-relief medal evoking Grant's conciliatory gestures upon Lee's surrender, which included permitting Confederate soldiers to keep their horses and rifles. Bright, high grade, near proof specimen, with fine detail in the engraving and reflective surfaces.

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