Millard Fillmore Medal. Cast silver medal. [New York]: Salathiel Ellis, obverse artist; Joseph Willson, reverse artist, 1850.  76mm. Pierced for suspension and strung with Russian Blue cobalt bead necklace. Julian-IP-30; Belden 46; Prucha 48; 

Obverse features a profile bust portrait of President Fillmore with the legend: "MILLARD FILLMORE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES". Die signed in exergue "S. ELLIS" below bust and "1850 at lower edge. 

Reverse shows an American settler and a Native American superimposed on a large waving American flag. "LABOR / VI[RTU]E / HONOR" in linked chain. Die signed in exergue "J. WILLSON" to lower edge. 

WITH Mandan Yankton Indian. No. 155. Real photo postcard. 

ALSO WITH Red Cloud and American Horse. The two most noted Chiefs now living.  Reprint real photo postcard. Petaluma, California: Pomegranate Publications, [late 20th century]. Originally taken in 1891 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Large size Fillmore peace medal enhanced with a strand of Russian blue cobalt beads. The first of the peace medals to employ the instructive "LABOR VIRTUE HONOR" motif, a shift from the earlier "PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP" reverse. Precise numbers are elusive; however, Prucha states 119 large (76 mm) and 162 small (62 mm) were produced. Of these, 25 large and 40 small were melted for use in the Franklin Pierce medals.

References

Bauman L. Belden. Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States. New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1927. 

Francis Paul Prucha. Indian Peace Medals in American History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1971.

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Cleaned. Scratched, wear to both obverse and reverse.