Antique American Peace Medal

Massachusetts Bay Colony Peace Medal

King Phillip's War-1676

(Smithsonian - National Museum of the American Indian)

Copy and photos from 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center.

Antique Peace Medal and Reproduction Medal

 

English King George II Bronzed Copper “Quaker”, “Duffield”, or “Treaty of Easton“ Native American Trade / Peace MedalStruck Over a Spanish American 8 Reales 1757 

(The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack’s Bowers Galleries)


reproduction

Copy and photos from The 18th Century Material Cultural Resource Center for the Antique Medal. Photos of reproduction medal by Jan Riser.

Medal - Indian Peace Medal, King George II, United States of America, 1757

Treaty of Easton, Indian Peace Medal, issued by King George II, United States of America, 1757. Engraved by Edward Duffin, Philadelphia. This medal was the first peace medal made in America. It was commissioned and presented by the Friendly Association, a group of Pennsylvania Quakers that attempted to mediate negotiations between Delaware Indians and the Pennsylvania Assembly. Benjamin Franklin and members of the Friendly Association distributed these medals to Native Americans as tokens of goodwill at the Treaty of Easton in 1757. This example was prepared at the Philadelphia Mint from the original, but badly broken, dies in the late 1870s.

Acquisition Information:

Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	46 mm (Diameter)

Primary Classification:	MEDALS
Secondary Classification:	Civil
Tertiary Classification:	peace
DateEra:	1757 AD
Obverse Description:	A draped and laureate bust of the King facing left; around, GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA.
Reverse Description:	Two figures seated at left and right of a camp fire, a white man wearing hat on the right presents a calumet of peace (Peace Pipe) which the American Indian on the left is reaching for; above the Indian the sun watches; behind the white man, a tree; around, LET US LOOK TO THE MOST HIGH WHO BLESSED OUR FATHERS WITH PEACE; below scene, 1757.
Edge Description:	The edge is plain
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	United States of America, 1757
Person Depicted:	King George II, 1757
Artist:	Edward Duffield, Philadelphia, United States of America, 1757
Mint:	Philadelphia (Mint), Philadelphia, United States of America, circa 1870s
Bibliography:	[Book], James Snowden, The Medallic Memorials of Washington in the Mint of the United States, Philadelphia, 1861, 104 Pages

Copy and images from Museum Victoria.

Peace Medal

Edward Duffield (1720-1801), engraver; Joseph Richardson (1711-1784), struck by.
Peace Medal (from the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians), 1757.
Silver.
Library Company of Philadelphia.

This medal depicts a bust of King George II on one side and, on the reverse, a Quaker holding a peace pipe at a council fire with an Indian. Crafted in 1757, this medal was the first peace medal made in America. It was commissioned and presented by the Friendly Association, a group of Pennsylvania Quakers that attempted to mediate negotiations between Delaware Indians and the Pennsylvania Assembly. Benjamin Franklin and members of the Friendly Association would distribute these medals to Native Americans as tokens of goodwill.

Copy and image from the Library Company's Art and Artifacts Collection.

King George Peace Medal

1714-1727

Bronze

40.0 mm

George I, 1660-1727

Hanover Dynasty

George Washington Medal

Materials

silver

Techniques

engraved

Production place

Engraved in USA

Description
Early American engraved silver medal.

(obverse) Representation of George Washington.

(reverse) Early Native American figure with bow and arrow.

Inscriptions

Inscription Type: inscription

Inscription Script: English

Inscription Position: obverse

Inscription Language: English

Inscription Content: GW

Inscription Transliteration: GW

Inscription Translation: GW

Dimensions

Diameter: 57 millimetres

Associated names

Representation of George Washington

Acquisition date
1825

Acquisition name

Donated by King George IV

Copy and image from The British Museum.