1800 Washington Hero of Freedom Medal. Struck over a 1797 Great Britain Twopence. Bronze. 38 mm. By Obadiah Westwood. Baker-79BA, Musante GW-81. Plain Edge. MS-63BN (NGC).;Boldly prooflike fields are strongly reflective and serve to accentuate the design features of this distinctive medal. Slight softness is evident in the lower forward areas of Washingtons hair and a corresponding area of weakness is seen in the lower central reverse. Struck on a Great Britain cartwheel twopence of 1797, a hardened and unusually thick host with high rims that may have presented some challenges in getting the higher central areas of relief to fully strike up on this medal. The softness seen here was also observed on the LaRiviere specimen, though to a lesser degree. Traces of the undertype are very few, but portions of incuse letters TANN of BRITANNIA may be seen on the reverse rim near 4 oclock. Though some finishing process was undertaken on the edge, there is one small area with diagonal reeding still visible. A really lovely example of this desirable and rarer variant, and considerably finer than the Norweb Collection specimen.;