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Lafayette - Commemorative Ribbon, 1824/25

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Lafayette - Commemorative Ribbon, 1824/25
<Our item number 104312><B>Lafayette - Commemorative Ribbon, 1824/25.</B> Silk ribbon 7 x3&#34; with an engraving of Lafayette under &#34;<I>General La Fayette / Welcome to the Land of Liberty</I>&#34;; below are 26 lines of printed text. Nicely housed in a custom wood case, 10½x5&#34; with a note stating that this was worn by the Honorable John E. Van Alen at a reception for Lafayette in Washington during his triumphant 1824/25 return visit to America. Fine. This Van Alen may be the Van Alen who acted as surveyor for the Patroon of the Rensselaerwyck Manor in upstate New York. There is a similar example of this ribbon on page 114 of the 1989 publication &#34;Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds.&#34; <BR>Estimated Value &#36;600-800. <BR><BR>Our item number 104312<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/38jpegs/104312.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "