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THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE
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THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AFTER 1920

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THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AFTER 1920
Obv. head to left, opaque white enamel head, neck and tail, partly black beak and black eye centered by gilt dot, neck with tufted gilt feathers, tail with cluster of short feathers at top and with elongated feathers below, thin branches cross middle of tail, medallion with three senators presenting sword to Cincinnatus with pale blue opaque enamel ground, motto in large gilt lettering OMNIA RELINQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM* on white ground, with wreath of green enamel feathers above
Rev. with tail divided into seven distinct feathers, medallion with Cincinnatus, rising sun, Fame above and ships and buildings behind, the lower medallion with two clasped hands above a ribbon, the motto SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA : A:D : 1783 : on white ground
The wings cast and chased, a plain fixed suspension loop attached to top of wreath, with double ring and larger, plain ring for a ribbon above;
Together with a length of blue and white silk ribbon
51 mm. high, to top of first ring; 36 in. (91.4 cm.) long, the ribbon
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.

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According to Minor Myers Jr. in his catalogue The Insignia of The Society of the Cincinnati, 1989, p. 104, this model is referred to as the Delaware Eagle, No. 68, and was first introduced around 1920. It is the largest Eagle of regular issue and was in the inspiration for the Arthus Bertrand silver-gilt model manufactured in Paris. Similar to the Eagles produced by Bailey, Banks & Biddle around 1905, the present Eagle has a nearly spherical medallion when viewed from the side.

Founded by officers of the Continental army and navy in 1783, the Society of the Cincinnati endeavored to preserve the friendships formed among members during service and to provide for impoverished families of the war. The Society was named after the Roman liberator Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus and the insignia features the Roman hero on a medallion applied to a gold eagle. While the original badge was designed by Major Pierre L'Enfant, later variations of both American and French manufacture, have been produced since then.

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