1860 Battle of Lake Erie / Kentucky Legislature Award Medal. By George Hampden Lovett. Bronze. About Uncirculated.

42 mm. Unawarded. Obv: Ships in combat, inscription around WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS / LAKE ERIE / SEP.10th 1813, signed LOVETT, N.Y. along exergual line at left. Rev: Inscription TO / / BY RESOLUTION OF / THE / KENTUCKY / LEGISLATURE / FEB.11th. 1860 within an oak and laurel wreath. Like the much earlier Pennsylvania State U.S. Mint medal, this was authorized by the state's legislature as a gesture towards the participants in the battle who came from Kentucky. Six of the original Kentucky sailors were still alive when this medal was issued 47 years after the battle.

Estimate: $250.00