American Colonial Historical Medals (Betts Medals)
1783 The Peace of Versailles

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Betts-612 Bronze. This medal was struck to commemortate the Treaty of Paris. The treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America that had rebelled against their rule starting in 1775. The obverse is a bust of Louis XVI the inscription is translated Louis XVI Most Christian King. The revese is translated Peace between France and England at Versailles, 1783. - Ex: John J. Ford