Inscriptions

Legend on reverse surrounded by anchors and cannon: "MacDONOUGHT'S VICTORY/ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN/THE UNITED STATES SQUADRON,/UNDER THOMAS MacDONOUGH, ENGAGED/THE BRITISH SHIPS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN,/ UNDER CAPTAIN GEORGE DOWNIE, IN PLATTS-/BURG BAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1814, WHILE BRITISH/LAND FORCES, UNDER SIR GEORGE PREVOST/ADVANCED AGAINST THE AMERICANS UNDER/GENERAL MACOMB. WHEN THE BRITISH SHIPS/SURRENDERED THE BRITISH ARMY HASTILY/WITHDREW. THIS SCENE IS AFTER THE ENGRAV-/ING BY B. TANNER FROM H. REINAGLE'S PAINTING/WHICH WAS PUBLISHED JULY 4,1817. IT IS NUM-/BER TEN OF A SERIES OF TWELVE AMERICAN/NAVAL PRINTS FROM THE MABEL BRADY GARVAN COLLECTION REPRODUCED BY SPE-/CIAL PERMISSION UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP/OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY IN/COMMEMORATION OF THE FOUND-/ING AND EARLY EXPLOITS/OF THE UNITED/STATES NAVY."