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Engraved by Edward Duffield, struck by Joseph Richardson
Peace Medal (from the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians), 1757
Silver
Library Company of Philadelphia
Depicting an Indian and a Quaker sharing a peace pipe on one side and King George II on the other, this was the first peace medal made in America. Franklin and others would distribute these medals to Native Americans as tokens of goodwill. |