282, Lot: 593. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. Ulysses S. Grant. Commanding General of the United States Army, 1864-1869. Æ Medal (60mm, 128.10 g, 12h). By H. Bovy. Dated 1868. GENERAL U. S. GRANT, uniformed bust left; in exergue, (1868) HUGUES BOVY FECIT GENEVE (SUISSE) / (rosette) I INTEND TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER, PATIENT OF TOIL,/SERENE AMIDST ALAMS,/INFLEXIBLE IN FAITH,/INVINCIBLE IN ARMS (a quote taken from a famous telegram sent by Grant to President Lincoln in 1864) in four lines. Chaponnière & Hess-Divo 2, lot 2438; Baldwin’s 52, lot 1030. EF, dark brown surfaces, a few minor stains. Rare.