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Medal Name: The Diplomatic Medal
OBVERSE
TO PEACE AND COMMERCE.
To the left, America, personified as an Indian queen, seated, facing the right, and holding in her left hand the cornucopia of abundance (Peace), welcomes Mercury (Commerce) to her shores, and with her right calls his attention to her products, packed ready for transportation.
In the background, to the right, the sea, and a ship under full sail.
Exergue: IV JUL. MDCCLXXVI. (4 Julii, 1776:July 4, 1776)
REVERSE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The arms and crest of the United States of America. Arms:Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules, a chief, azure.
The escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle, displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of thirteenarrows, all proper,
In his beak a scroll inscribed with this motto, E PLURIBUS UNUM (One out of many)
Crest: Over the head of the eagle, which appears above the escutcheon: a glory, or, breaking through a cloud, proper, and surrounding thirteen stars forming a constellation, argent, on an azure field.
BACKGROUND
Awarded for diplomatic functions. One was awarded to the Marquis de la Luzerne and the other to the Count de Moustier.
Source: The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878)