Decree of the Land Day of the States of Friesland, regarding the acceptance of John Adams as envoy of the United States of America and the rejection of a separate peace with England, Silver Medal. Obverse: Friesland, depicted as a man in old Frisian clothing, shakes hands with America, depicted as a woman with two feathers on head, with left hand leaning on a coat of arms with inscription and scepter and broken cuffs at her feet, behind them a woman, representing England, offering a branch of peace in vain, while she leans with other hand on a coat of arms with inscription, leopard at her feet, above in a halo: angel with freedom hat in hand, cut: signature. Reverse: hand from clouds with crowned coat of arms above inscription, United States of America, Friesland, Leeuwarden, John Quincy Adams, Staten van Friesland, Barend Christiaan van Calker, Zeist, 1782, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 4.3 cm × w 29.12 gr
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