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UNITED STATES: AE medal, 1813, Almost Unc to Unc.

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UNITED STATES:  AE medal, 1813, Almost Unc to Unc.
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UNITED STATES: AE medal, 1813, Julian-NA-16, 65mm bronze medal by Moritz Fürst for the Victory of Lieutenant Edward McCall in the Naval Battle of the USS Enterprise vs. HMS Boxer; EDWARD R. McCALL NAVIS ENTERPRISE PRAEFECTUS / SIC ITUR AD ASTRA around bust of Edward McCall facing right, FURST.F. below bust // VIVERE SAT VINCERE above Battle scene between the Boxer and Enterprise, INTER ENTERPRIZE NAV. AMERI. ET BOXER NAV. BRIT. DIE IV SEPT. MDCCCXIII in exergue, FURST. F. below, Almost Unc to Unc. The capture of HMS Boxer in 1813 was a sea fight off the coast of Maine in the War of 1812. The United States Navy brig USS Enterprise defeated the Royal Navy gun-brig HMS Boxer. Moritz (Fuerst) Fürst (1782–1840), was an early U.S. medalist. Fürst was born near Pressburg (Bratislava) of Jewish-Slovak origin, and after immigrating to the United States in 1807, he worked as an engraver for the United States Mint in Philadelphia from 1812 to 1839. He received quick recognition for his patriotic commemoratives and portraits. This medal was struck officially from original dies circa 1817.