Image Information
| Type | Medal |
| Title | Connecticut Shapshooting Medal |
| Date | 1835 |
| Country | United States |
| Side | reverse |
| Composition | silver |
| Diameter | 53x64 mm |
| Weight | 49.8 gm |
| Description | Alan V. Weinberg comments: A very early and ornately engraved American silver sharpshooting medal with hi-relief hand-worked applied rim. Most early American sharpshooting medals are unique and uniquely hand-engraved in an era when sharpshooting was a popular pasttime and hunting was not only hazardous but frequently put food on the table. |
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| Image Collection | Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Eastern American Medals) |