Lot 452
Lafayette - Commemorative Ribbon, 1824/25. Silk ribbon 7 x3" with an engraving of Lafayette under "General La Fayette / Welcome to the Land of Liberty"; below are 26 lines of printed text. Nicely housed in a custom wood case, 10½x5" with a note stating that this was worn by the Honorable John E. Van Alen at a reception for Lafayette in Washington during his triumphant 1824/25 return visit to America. Fine. This Van Alen may be the Van Alen who acted as surveyor for the Patroon of the Rensselaerwyck Manor in upstate New York. There is a similar example of this ribbon on page 114 of the 1989 publication "Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds."
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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| Realized $345 |
