Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tesseidre DeFleury Military Medal
Object Number:
1935.127b
Date:
After 1880
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 13/16 in. ( 4.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left of field: "DU VIVIER S."
Description:
Copper-plated electrotype obverse shell of DeFleury medal depicting allegorical figure of war god amidst a ruined fort with legend: "VIRTUTIS ET AUDACIAE MONUM. ET PREMIUM"; inscription in exergue: "D.DE FLEURY EQUITI GALLO/PRIMO SUPER MUROS/RESP. AMERIC. D.D"
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
