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Stephen Decatur
Engraved by: Moritz Fürst (Hungarian, born in 1782, active in the U.S. 1807–1841)
Possibly after: Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
Possibly after: Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
1881 (reproduction)
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Credit Line
Gift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession Number32.153
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Decatur, the youngest man to be made captain in the United States Navy, earned his reputation in the First Barbary War and, in the War of 1812, captured the British warship "Macedonian."
Catalogue Raisonné
Loubat 27
DescriptionMedal "Stephen Decatur (Obverse) United States and Macedonian (Reverse)
ProvenanceLent by J. Templeman Coolidge / February 27, 1929