JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.
[Capture of Major André.]
FIDELITY. Field embossed in and wreathed with two branches, one of laurel, the other of palm, united by a ribbon.
VINCIT AMOR PATRIÆ. (Love of country conquers.) A vacant space, to receive the name of the recipient, between two branches of fleur-de-lis, united by a ribbon.[39]
This is not properly a medal, but a repoussé, made by a silversmith.
John Paulding was born in New York in 1759; and died in Westchester County, New York, February 18, 1848.
David Williams was born in Tarrytown, October 21, 1754, and died in Broome, Schoharie County, New York, August 2, 1831.