Circa 1845 Via Ad Honorem medal by Joseph Davis, Birmingham. Musante GW-167, Baker-349. White Metal. AU Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).51.1 mm. Pierced for suspension. Medium pewter gray on the obverse with an area of heavy pesting near 12:00 and another smaller area near the rim at 3:00. Lighter gray on the reverse with traces of reflectivity in the recesses. Very rare. Unplated by Rulau and Fuld, who apparently could not find an example.Ex Charles I. Bushnell, S.H. and H. Chapman, June 1882, lot 1334; William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.
