DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Victory on Lake Champlain.

DEVICE.--Bust of Lieutenant Stephen Cassin.

LEGEND.--Step. Cassin Ticonderoga præfect. quæ regio in terris nos. non

plena lab.

REVERSE.--A fleet engaged before a town enveloped in smoke. Several

boats on the lake filled with sailors rowing.

LEGEND.--Uno latere percusso alterum impavide vertit.

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

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