The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 27, July 3, 2005, Article 26

FEATURED WEB PAGE: LAFAYETTE MEDAL COLLECTION

This week's featured web page is from the Special Collections
& College Archives of Lafayette College in Easton, PA.
The page summarizes parts of the college's Marquis de Lafayette
memorabilia collection, including metalware (plates and spoons),
textiles (clothing, banners, drapery), personal accessories (rings,
locket, watch) and weapons (swords, musket). The items either
depict Lafayette, or have some documented or purported connection
to him. Of interest to numismatists is the Medal and Ribbon
collection:

"... a fine collection of 18th and 19th-century medals and ribbons.
Over 140 medals and medallions are housed in this collection,
and were struck in France and the United States. Every medal
in the collection is somehow related to Lafayette, with most
medals carrying a portrait of Lafayette in relief on the obverse
side. In some instances, the medals refer to specific historical
events in which Lafayette participated, but do not hold a Lafayette
portrait. More than 60 different medals are included as well as
several copies and variations of specific medals.

The earliest medal appears to have been issued in 1789, and the
most recent medals date from the present day. Approximately
30 medals date prior to 1800 and were issued in commemoration
of Lafayette's participation in the French Revolution. Approximately
50 medals date after 1800 and up to 1834. These medals refer to
Lafayette's 1824-25 tour of America, his last political involvements
in France ca. 1830, and his death in 1834. Another fifty-plus
medals date from the latter part of the 19th century onward."
Featured Web Site

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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