DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Battle of the Thames.

DEVICE.--Bust of General Shelby.

LEGEND.--Governor Isaac Shelby.

REVERSE.--A representation of the battle of the Thames, in Canada;

Governor Shelby charging the enemy with his mounted rangers.

LEGEND.--Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813.

EXERGUE.--Resolution of Congress, April 4th, 1818.

[Illustration: Plate 8.

_W. L. Ormsby, sc._]

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