Description
GREAT BRITAIN / UNITED STATES 1862 P.T. Barnum / General Tom Thumb 38.5mm white metal medal 17.5 grams Rulau NY-NY-16.
Obverse: Tom Thumb standing on a stack of books, etc. CHARLES S. STRATTON KNOWN AS GENL TOM THUMB / 31 IN HGH / J. MOORE, BIRMM.
Reverse: small carriage drawn by four horses, GENERAL TOM THUMB’S EQUIPAGE / THE EQUIPMENT COST UPWARDS OF 400 GUINEAS . / WHOLE HEIGHT 40 IN BODY 20 IN BY 11 IN, PONIES 28 IN.CREST, RISING SUN,/ ARMS, BRITANNIA AND LIBERTY,/ SUPPORTERS, LION & EAGLE, / MOTTO, “GO-A-HEAD” PUB. By P.T. BARNUM
