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George Washington
The first peace medals that the U.S. government gave Native Americans -- created in 1792, 1793, and 1795 -- were hand-engraved rather than struck at the U.S. Mint. The obverse depicts Washington standing with a Native American chief who is smoking a pipe, his tomahawk on the ground beside him. The reverse shows an American eagle with olive branches and arrows in its talons and a ribbon with the motto E Pluribus Unum in its beak. The silver loop at the top allowed the medal to be worn on a cord or ribbon. Red Jacket wears a similar medal in his portrait in this exhibition.
Unidentified artist, 1793 |