AoD 6185.1257.3.a

MaterialBronze Date 1914 – 1914 CE SourceAmerican Numismatic Society

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Description

Obverse

MYRON T. HERRICK AMBASSADEVR DES ETATS-VNIS A PARIS — Bust to l.

Reverse

"AT THIS TIME, IT MIGHT HAVE WELL SERVED FRANCE / IF THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE BOMB FROM THE GERMAN AEROPLANE. THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN A DEAD AMBASSADOR MIGHT BE MORE VALUABLE THAN A LIVE ONE." WORDS SPOKEN IN PARIS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH 1914. — Inscription and seal of US

Source record

– Unchecked http://numismatics.org/collection/1940.100.484

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