1857 Captain Ambrose Loeser Medal from the Scott Rifle Company & Daguerreotype

Description

The medal is lightly gilt silver, 80.5 mm x 54.9 mm, 35.5 grams. This very rare medal was issued to then Captain Ambrose Loeser, who was, a few years later, when the Civil War broke out, commander of the First Regiment of the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Brigade. At that time the Scott Rifle Company was still one of the units within his regiment.
The medal is accompanied by a 52 mm x 47 mm cased and glazed Daguerreotype of a man wearing a coat with what appears to be a very high collar. There is no proof that this is an image of Ambrose Loeser, but the case is impressed with the name W. L Germon, a photographer in nearby Philadelphia, so it remains a possibility.
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