1917 White Metal So-Called Dollar HK-446, Vet. Corps of Artillery

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Thomas L. Elder used one obverse for both of his 1917 medals on the Allied visit: the Confederation vignette from the Continental Congress's forty-dollar notes, an altar burning beneath an all-seeing eye, thirteen stars around and the word on a ribbon below. Paired with a list of the visiting officials it made the Visit of Our Allies medal (HK-435 to HK-441); paired with the guard of honor text it made this one, for his New York artillery veterans' corps, which escorted the French mission under Joffre and the British under Balfour at City Hall on May 9 and May 11. Hibler and Kappen note that Elder seldom needed much prompting to issue a new medal. HK-446 is white metal, 38 mm, DeLorey 95.

Cross References

HK-446; PCGS #643964; NGC #850734