UNITED STATES: gilt AE medal, 1813, Julian-NA-8, 65mm gilt bronze medal by Moritz Fürst for the Victory of Lieutenant Stephen Cassin of the USS Ticonderoga at the Naval Battle of Lake Champlain; STEP. CASSIN TICONDEROGA PRAEFECT. QUAE REGIO IN TERRIS NOS. / NON PLENA LAB. around bust of Lieutenant Stephen Cassin facing right, FURST. F. below bust // NO LATERE PERCUSSO. ALTERUM / IMPAVIDE VERTIT around Naval battle scene on Lake Champlain, INTER CLASS. AMERI. ET BRIT DIE XI SEPT. MDCCCXIIII below, FURST. F. at base of scene, set in a custom wooden hanger, AU. The USS Ticonderoga was commanded by Lt. Stephen Cassin at the Battle of Lake Champlain (Battle of Plattsburgh). Ticonderoga compelled the sloop HMS Chubb to surrender after riddling her with shot and forcing her aground. She also assisted in the capture of the sloop HMS Finch, and repelled several boarding attempts by British gunboats during the War of 1812. Moritz (Fuerst) Fürst (1782–1840), was an early U.S. medalist. Fürst was born near Pressburg (Bratislava) of Jewish-Slovak origin, and after immigrating to the United States in 1807, he worked as an engraver for the United States Mint in Philadelphia from 1812 to 1839. He received quick recognition for his patriotic commemoratives and portraits. This medal was struck officially from original dies circa 1817.

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