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Silver Medal:- Corner Stone of the Armoury, Seventh Regiment. New York 1877

Classification:- Building; Foundation

Country of Origin:- USA -

Description

Silver and brass, very rare; also in bronze and tin. The inscriptions sufficiently explain the medal. The dies were cut by Mr, G. H. Lovett, of New York, and are the property of Mr. Poiilon of that city. A limited number only have been struck in any metal.

OBVERSE—Within a wreath of wheat, vine leaves, and grapes, and olive, emblematical of corn, wine, and oil, is a perfect ashlar on a platform, with three burning tapers on its top, and the square and compasses enclosing the figure “7” on its face. Legend above, “Armory Seventh Regt. N. Y. S. N. G.,” and below, “* Corner-stone laid Oct. 13, 1877 * .“

REVERSE.—A trophy of muskets and flags, from behind which appears on either side the muzzle of a cannon, and a pile of balls below them. In front of the trophy is a shield bearing the regimental arms: quarterly. 1, paly of thirteen, gules and argent, a chief azure (for the United States) 2, the sun rising behind mountains proper (for the State of New York) ; 3, the veins of a windmill in saltire, a beaver between them inm chief and base, and a barrel in dexter and sinister, all proper (for the City of New York); 4, two cannon in saltire, in chief a grenade flaming (for the Regiment), over an ineschutcheon bearing the figure “7.” Crest, an eagle on a mound with wings expanded. In the foreground on the right a gavel and the compasses, in the centre a sword and trowel, and on the left a square and rule. Legend, on a tablet above, “* Pro opere aut belle * “ (For labor or war). In exergue, in four lines, the last

Properties

40 mm. White Metal