DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Victory on Lake Champlain.

DEVICE.--A bust of Captain Macdonough.

LEGEND.--Tho. Macdonough stagno Champlain class. Reg. Britan. superavit.

REVERSE.--Fleet engaged; many boats on the lake; Plattsburgh in sight.

LEGEND.--Uno latere percusso alterum impavide vertit.

EXERGUE.--Inter class. Ameri. et Brit. die 11th Sept. 1814.

[Illustration: Plate 13.

_W. L. Ormsby. sc._]

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