1759 French Indian War American Medal Niagara Quebec MS-61 UNC

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1759 French Indian War Medal Niagara Quebec
UNCIRCULATED
We have a lovely medal in UNC-61 here.This medal measures 44mm and is struck in brass. Listed as Betts 418 (label wrongly typed as 1758...it is 1759). Remember during F&I War, Americans were still pro-British and pro-King. So this is an American medal struck in England.
Betts writes:
418. 1759. Obv. Same die as 416.
Rev. Legend in three circles, the outef giving the names of six places; the next, of commanders,
and the inner the date of the victories;
over the arms is the seventh of the groups below:
GUADALOUPE BARINGTN MOORE MAY . I
LAGOS BOSCAWEN AUG . 19
NIAGARA QUEBEC lOHNSON WOLFE JULY . 25 MONCKN TOWNSD
SEP. 13 4 18 MINDEN HAWKE FERDINAND QUIBERON AUG. I NOV . 20.
CROWN POINT AMHERST. AUG . 4
A shield bearing a fleur-de-lis reversed, surrounded by a garter inscribed Perfidia Eversa.
(Treachery overthrown.) Supporters: a crowned lion to left for England, and a horse to right for
Hanover; on a ribbon below, w. Pitt Ausp. Geo. 11 Pr. Mi. (William Pitt, Prime Minister, under the
auspices of George II); under the arms, Mdccix.
Betts adds: Of the victories commemorated on this Medal four belong to America: Guadaloupe has
been mentioned above; Niagara was taken by General Johnson after a most vigorous assault, in
which Provincials and Indians participated. Crown Point was abandoned by the French, on the
approach of the English under General Amherst; Wolfe's capture of Quebec, when he "fell in the
arms of Victory," is commemorated on others described below. The horse may be intended for a
unicorn.
This is THE medal if you are looking for American-Canadian border battles...Quebec, Wolfe; Niagara, Sir William Johnson; Crown Point, Amherst etc.
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