Coins and Historical Medals

United States of America, Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry, Captain of the United States Naval Squadron on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, a silver medal by M. Fürst, oliverus h perry princeps stagno eriense, uniformed bust right, classim totam contudit beneath, rev. viam invenit virtus aut facit, view of the American and British fleets, inter class ameri et brit die x sep mdcccxii in exergue, 64.5mm, 133.40g (Julian NA.17, Loubat 31, Neuzil 36). Mount removed at 12 o’clock, very fine and extremely rare £8,000-£12,000

From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection
Provenance: Ex Jules Weiss, March 15, 1968.