Coins and Historical Medals

USA, Centenary of the Treaty of Ghent, 1914, medals (2), in matt silver and bronze, unsigned, view of Sulgrave Manor, rev. inscription, both 45mm, 38.52g [2]. First extremely fine but with some surface scuffing, second about as struck, very rare £100-£150

The Treaty of Ghent ended the so-called War of 1812 between Great Britain and the USA. Grand plans were drawn up to celebrate the centenary but the advent of World War I put paid to most of them. The organising committee however did acquire Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the ancestral home of George Washington