DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

To Captain Jesse Duncan Elliott, of Baltimore, second in command, for

gallantry in the action on Lake Erie. Decreed January 6th, 1814.

OCCASION.--Victory on Lake Erie.

DEVICE.--Bust of Captain Elliott.

LEGEND.--Jesse D. Elliott, nil actum reputans si quid supresset agendum.

REVERSE.--A fleet engaged.

LEGEND.--Viam invenit virtus aut facit.

EXERGUE.--Inter class Ameri. et Brit. Die 10th Sept., 1813.

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