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Lafayette (Circular medal, bronze, 28 mm), 1876

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 90
Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: "Defender of American and French Liberty. Born 1757, Died 1834. Statue in New York Unveiled Sept. 6, 1876". White

Dates: 1876
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette (Circular medal, bronze, 28 mm), 1876

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 91
Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: "Defender of American and French Liberty. Born 1757, Died 1834. Statue in New York Unveiled Sept. 6, 1876".White

Dates: 1876
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette and Washington(Circular medal, bronze, 28 mm), 1876

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 92
Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: Bust of Washington. Variation in the same series, issued by the New York Medal Club.White

Dates: 1876
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette and Washington(Circular medal, bronze, 28 mm), 1876

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 93
Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: Bust of Washington. Variation in the same series, issued by the New York Medal Club.White

Dates: 1876
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette (Circular medal, bronze, 21 mm), ?

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 94
Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, facing right, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: the American seal (a bald eagle with its wings outstretched [or "displayed," in heraldic terms], holding a bundle of 13 arrows in its left talon referring to the 13 original states, and an olive branch, in its right talon, together symbolizing that the United States of America has "a strong desire for peace, but will always be ready for war.") Not listed by Olivier, date unknown. White

Dates: ?
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

"Lafayette Dollar" (silver, 38 mm), 1900

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 95
Scope and Contents O: Busts of Lafayette and Washington. R: Equestrian statue of Lafayette, with the following legend: "Erected by the Youth of the United States in Honor of General Lafayette. Paris 1900". This refers to the history of the statue: funds were raised by the school children of America until $50,000 was accumulated--enough to create it and offer it to the Government of France for the 1900 "Exposition Universelle". Initialy installed on Place du Carrousel, adjacent to the Louvre, the monument was...
Dates: 1900
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette and Washington (circular, bronze and silvered bronze, 28 mm), 1917

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 96
Scope and Contents

O: Busts of Lafayette and Washington + mention of Gaston Lavrillier, Paris Art R: 4 Juillet 1776 / 14 Juillet 1789. Journée de Paris 1917.

Dates: 1917
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette and Washington (uniface, goldened bronze, 72 mm), 1917?

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 97
Scope and Contents

O: Lafayette and Washington standing and shaking hands in front of American and French flags. Not listed by Olivier. Provenance unknown.

Dates: 1917?
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette and the Transatlantic Liner Named after Him (circular, bronze, 68 mm), 1930

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 98
Scope and Contents O: Portrait of young Lafayette in uniform, facing left, signature :"Delannoy". R: a liner, with the legend "Compagnie Générale Transatlantique" above, and below: "M.S. Lafayette le plus Grand Paquebot Français à Moteur." The "Lafayette" was actually the largest ocean liner in the French Line. When it arrived in New York for the first time in May 1930, six hundred New York City school children gathered to greet it, and a "Revolutionary" masquerade party was organized on board with Marquis...
Dates: 1930
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

Lafayette, Washington, and a Replica of Mt. Vernon Erected in Paris, 1931

 Item — Box: 187
Identifier: Item 99
Scope and Contents

O: Superimposed busts of Lafayette and Washington, with their names and the signature "Delannoy". R: the recreation of Mont Vernon for the 1931 Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris. The United States was the only non-European country exhibiting as a colonial power in 1931. The American building at the exposition was a close replica of George Washington's house at Mount Vernon, complete with "the bedroom set aside for Lafayette." Blancheteau.

Dates: 1931
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4611, Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection / Series IX. Commemorative Medals, Badges, Coins, and Plaques, Depicting Lafayette.

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