quod
parva militum manu
strenue prosecutus hostes
virtutis ingenitæ
præclarum specimen dedit
in pugna apud cowpens
17 jan. 1781.
Pour le colonel Howard.
Même type, même légende au nom près.
Même exergue qu'à la précédente.
Au Revers: Dans une couronne de lauriers:
quod
in nutantem hostium aciem
subito irruens
præclarum bellicæ virtutis
specimen dedit
in pugna apud cowpens
17 jan. 1781.
[Translation.]
Register of the Meetings and Deliberations of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres during the year 1785.
Friday, April 8, 1785.
The secretary communicated a letter from Mr. Humphreys, formerly a colonel in the service of the United States, in which he asks for three medals for Messrs. Washington, General Gates and General Green. He sends at the same time information concerning the deeds of these three persons.