Edge : Cornucopia / Argent (Here is a Fantastic later restrike medal)
WASHINGTON COMITIA AMERICANA SILVER TABLE MEDAL - Washington Before Boston Commemorative Medal (this is the 1880 issue with cornucopia rim mark), created in Paris by Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819), comissioned by Congress. The obverse shows an undraped bust right of Washington based on a bust sculpted by Jean-Antoine Houdon at Mount Vernon in October of 1785 and then transported to Paris in January 1786. Below the bust is COMITIA AMERICANA, which is Latin for "The American Congress." Around the rim is GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVMPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS. This legend is a continuation of the phrase below the bust, together they translate as: "The American Congress to George Washington supreme commander of the army [and] defender of liberty". Signed below the bust, DV VIVIER / PARIS . F. The reverse of the medal displays Washington on Dorchester Heights with Gen. Henry Knox and other commanders, all on horseback. To the far right, two cannon behind a parapet can be seen pointed at the city, while in the foreground two unmounted cannon barrels along with some cannon balls lay on the ground. Washington points below where we see the British fleet fleeing Boston. The Latin legend HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS translates as: "For the first time the enemies are put to flight." The Latin phrase in exergue BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTI / MDCCLXXVI translates as: "Boston retaken 17 March 1776." To the far right on the cannon in the foreground is the engraver's signature DV VIV. Stamped on edge 'Argent', with cornucopia. 68 mm.