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Medal Name: Fourteenth President of the United States of America
Struck for: President Franklin Pierce
OBVERSE
FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1853.
Undraped bust of President Pierce, facing the left.
REVERSE
LABOR VIRTUE HONOR.
A pioneer from the far West, his left hand on a plough share, explains to an Indian chief the benefits of civilization, of which he wishes him to partake.
The American flag envelops both in its folds.
In the background is a farm-house.
BACKGROUND
Franklin Pierce was born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, November 23, 1804. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, Maine, 1824, and was admitted to the bar at Hillsborough, 1827; was member of the State Legislature,1829; member of Congress, 1833-1837; United States senator, 1837-1842; brigadier-general of volunteers, March,1847; served under General Scott throughout the Mexican campaign; President of the United States, 1853-1857. He retired to Concord, New Hampshire, and died there, October 8, 1869.
Source: The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878)