Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

United States of America, The 70th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Speech at Gettysburg, 1933, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, bust right, reverse extract from the speech, 68mm (CGMP p.133). Very fine, scarce (£40-60)

On 19 November 1863 Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, where a few months earlier over 7,000 men had perished