101113 | UNITED STATES & GERMANY. Syracuse, New York. Silver Medal.

101113  |  UNITED STATES & GERMANY. Syracuse, New York. Silver Medal. Issued 1902. Commemorating the visit of Prince Heinrich of Preußen (Prussia) to the city (52mm, 62.00 g 12h).

 

CENTRAL CITY / CITY OF SYRACUSE, 1848, early view of the city, with locomotive right before row of factories and rising sun over the hills; Erie Canal in the foreground / PRESENTED / TO / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / Prince Henry of Prussia / WITH THE / FREEDOM OF THE CITY / SYRACUSE, N. Y. U.S.A. / MARCH 5th / 1902 in nine lines. Edge: Some scattered scuffs and marks, otherwise plain.

 

Choice Extremely Fine. Fairly deeply toned, with some remaining brilliance and scattered light marks.

 

Ex Collections of The Strong Museum (Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum’s collections fund); originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859–1937).

 

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