United States. A Rare 1857 James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal Auction Archive and two Volunteer Combatant's Crosses

and two Volunteer Combatant's Crosses

and with a manufacture date of “1940”

and silver aluminum wire elements

The thick blackened-brown leather washer at the crossguard junction sits firmly in place

and there is some discolouration of the pages

United States. A Rare 1857 James Buchanan Indian Peace Medal Auction Archive and two Volunteer Combatant's CrossesIn solid silver, a first size medal, obverse presenting a high relief right facing bust of James Buchanan, surrounded by the inscription JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and dated 1857 at 6 o'clock, the reverse center presents a scene of a horse pulling a plow with figures playing baseball, a house and church in the background, around the outside presents two Native figures engaging in a violent act, with a quiver of arrows below on the