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USA - Libertas Americana Medal 1776 (Restrkie) - UNC
Commemorative issue – British surrenders at Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781)
Obverse: Flowing hair Liberty left, cap on pole right, date in ex.
Reverse: America is depicted as an infant Hercules, strangling two serpents representing the armies of Burgoyne and Cornwallis. He is defended by France, represented as the warrior-goddess Minerva, clad in breastplate and plumed helmet, holding a shield bearing the fleurs de lys of France. She fends off the British lion, which stands with its forepaws upon her shield, its tail between its rear legs, a heraldic symbol of defeat.
Dates in exergue.