Yorktown Sesquicentennial Medal

Status

Not on view

Date1931

Maker Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint)

Designer Pierre Turin (1891 - 1968)

Geography Probably made - United States

Medium/TechniqueBronze

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm x 5.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Yorktown Sesqui-Centennial Commission, 1931

Object numberM-1071/A.1

DescriptionCircular medal. Obverse displays bas-relief of three men’s heads, shown in profile, facing left, the upper ones overlapping the lower, from left to right: George Washington, Admiral de Grasse, and Count Rochambeau; with raised lettering around the edge: “WASHINGTON — DE GRASSE — ROCHAMBEAU / MDCCLXXXI–MCMXXXI”. Reverse displays schematic map of Yorktown battlefield, with sailing ships in water and fleur-de-lis prominently shown to left, with raised lettering in the upper half: “CAPITULATION / DE / YORK TOWN” and below “P.TURIN’. Baker K-454 (pg. 199). Uncirculated.

Published ReferencesBaker reference from Medallic Portraits of George Washington, Edited by Russ Rulau and George Fuld, 2nd Edition, 1999, ISBN 0873416813

MarkingsOn reverse: "P.TURIN"

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