Lincoln Medal from French Democrats (Front) Small 313×320 Medium 626×640 Large 1002×1024 Download Tiff Original 2349×2400 | (6.5 MB) Description Following Lincoln's assassination, French Democrats testified their appreciation of his character and services by causing a magnificent gold medal to be struck and presented to the President's widow. Keywords abraham lincoln, assassination, French democrats, gold medal Galleries Military Insignia Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
