United States. An Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company Of Boston Medal For The Visit Of The Honorable Artillery Company Of London 1903 Auction Archive centering an embossed SS style

centering an embossed SS style national eagle with out-stretched wings

"B/" and "C" scratched on either side of the hammer and sickle insignia on the reverse

original signature of "Bill Reid V

The term "philomatic" (in French

it was initially assumed that this was HMS Oxley

United States. An Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company Of Boston Medal For The Visit Of The Honorable Artillery Company Of London 1903 Auction Archive centering an embossed SS styleIn solid bronze, obverse illustrating a crowned woman in flowing robes, her right arm extended and holding a laurel branch, her left hand resting upon a disk bearing the Boston skyline and inscribed "BOSTON 1630", with an artillery piece behind the disk, a steamship on the water at the far left, the City of London coat of arms at the lower left, a ribbon banner inscribed "SALVE", flanked by two smaller ribbon banners, "LONDON" above and "BOSTON"