Recognition of the Independence of the United States of America by the States General of the United Netherlands, Silver commemorative medal. Obverse: lit by celestial light, the personification of the Netherlands, depicted as a helmeted woman, and the personification of America, depicted as a woman with feather headdress, sword and shield with thirteen stars, shaking hands with each other above a burning altar, The Netherlands ceases to be a spear of freedom hat over America's head, which chain, with which it was attached to a leopard lying at its feet, has broken within the scope, cut off: inscription. Back: exhausted unicorn with chipped horn, lying at the foot of a steep rock within an inscription, cut off: inscription, America represented allegorically, 'America' (Ripa), unicorn, beasts of prey, predatory animals: leopard, United States of America, States General, Johan George Holtzhey, Amsterdam, 1782 - 19-Oct-1782, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 4.5 cm × w 30.38 gr
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