United States, 1980-90, DeFleury Medal, pewter reproduction.

United States, Lieut. Col. François Louis Tessiedre DeFleury Medal, 1779 (1880), pewter reproduction of an original medal by Charles E. Barber after Benjamin Duvivier, ca. 1980-90 AD.,
White Metal Medal (38 mm / 20,76 g),
Obv.: VIRTUTIS ET AUDACIÆ MONUM ET PRÆMIUM // D. DE FLEURYEQUITI GALLO / PRIMO SUPER MUROS / RESP. AMERIC. D. D , Chevalier DeFleury as Roman warrior at Stony Point.
Rev.: AGGERES PALUDES HOSTES VICTI // STONY• PT. EXPUGN / XV. JUL• MDCCLXXIX / REPRODUCTION 1880 , view of Stony Point fortifications and six ships on the Hudson River.
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Minted be the US Mint as part of a 10-piece series, pewter reproduction of an original medal. ("AMERICA'S FIRST MEDALS" 11 Pewter Medals American Revolution
Price: $60.00 )

Stony Point, shaped like a triangle, is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the Town of Haverstraw, east and south of Orange County, New York, and west of the Hudson River. The Battle of Stony Point was a battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Stony Point Battlefield, just north of Stony Point, marks the July 1779 Battle of Stony Point in which General "Mad" Anthony Wayne earned his nickname leading 1,350 Continental Army troops in a surprise attack against the 544 man British garrison at Stony Point. The Americans were unable to hold the fort for more than a few days.
By the late 1770s, the war had been raging for four years and both sides were eager for a conclusion. Sir Henry Clinton, commander of the British forces in America, attempted to coerce General George Washington into one decisive battle to control the Hudson River. As part of his strategy, Clinton fortified Stony Point. Washington devised a plan for Wayne to lead an attack on the fort. Armed with bayonets only, the infantry captured the fort in short order, ending British control of the river.
In late May, 1779, British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton sent a force of about 8,000 men up the North (or Hudson) River with the intention of drawing General George Washington’s Continental Army out of its lair at West Point. By June 1 Crown forces had occupied and begun fortifying Stony Point, New York on the west side of the river and Verplanck’s Point on the east side. This move effectively closed King’s Ferry, a major river crossing at that narrow point in the river, about 10 miles (16 km) south of West Point and 35 miles (56 km) north of New York City. The British position at Stony Point was a fortified one, but it was never intended to be a true fort in the 18th Century European sense of the word. No stone was used and no walls were constructed. The defenses consisted of earthen fleches (cannon positions) and wooden abatis (felled trees sharpened to a point and placed in earthen embankments).
George Washington selected a commander to lead the attack – Major General Anthony Wayne of Pennsylvania. Wayne led his corps of Continental Light Infantry in a daring midnight attack on the British, seizing the site's fortifications and taking the British garrison as prisoners on July 16, 1779. The first man into the British upper works was Lt. Col. Francois de Fleury, a French nobleman serving on Wayne’s staff.