MEDAL._Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores and other Commanders, who distinguished themselves in the American army and navy during the wars of the Revolution and 1812, and who were presented with medals by Congress for their gallant services

OCCASION.--Surrender of Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and his army at

Saratoga, New York, in 1777.

DEVICE.--Bust of General Gates.

LEGEND.--Horatio Gates duci strenno comitia Americana.

REVERSE.--Gates and Burgoyne in front of the American and British

troops. Burgoyne in the act of presenting his sword to Gates. The

Americans on the right, with arms shouldered and colors flying. The

British on the left, in the act of grounding their arms, and laying

down their colors. By the side of the two generals are a drum and a

stand of colors.

LEGEND.--Salus Regionum Septentrional.

EXERGUE.--Hoste ad Saratogam in dedition. Accepto die 17th October,

1777.

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