General Tom Thumb’s European Tour. WM Medal (38mm, 17.08 g, 12h). By Allen & Moore. Dated 1844. EF.

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Lot: 999.
Closing Date: Jul 2 2025 10:00 ET

United States Medals, White Metal

Estimate: $ 100

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General Tom Thumb’s European Tour. WM Medal (38mm, 17.08 g, 12h). By Allen & Moore. Dated 1844. CHARLES S. STRATTON KNOWN AS GEN^L TOM THUMB 25 I^N H^GH, Stratton standing facing on desk with various books, pens, and other small implements / Biographical legend. Cf. BHM 2155-7 (for similar medals); cf. Eimer 1394 (same). Lustrous, dig on obverse. EF.

From the Drewry Family Collection.

Charles Sherwood Stratton was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1838 with a condition today recognized as pituitary dwarfism. Stratton was noticed by local showman P.T. Barnum, who incorporated the boy into his vaudeville act, giving him the stage name General Tom Thumb. Stratton met great success with Barnum as his manager, touring Europe in the 1840s, where he met Queen Victoria, and becoming remarkably wealthy and famous for the period.

Closing Date and Time: 2 July 2025 at 15:32:40 ET.

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