Decree of the Land Day of the States of Friesland; regarding the acceptance of John Adams as envoy of the United States of America and the rejection of a separate peace with England; Silver Medal. Obverse: Friesland; depicted as a man in old Frisian clothing; shakes hands with America; depicted as a woman with two feathers on head; with left hand leaning on a coat of arms with inscription and scepter and broken cuffs at her feet; behind them a woman; representing England; offering a branch of peace in vain; while she leans with other hand on a coat of arms with inscription; leopard at her feet; above in a halo: angel with freedom hat in hand; cut: signature. Reverse: hand from clouds with crowned coat of arms above inscription; United States of America; Friesland; Leeuwarden; John Quincy Adams; Staten van Friesland; Barend Christiaan van Calker; Zeist; 1782; silver (metal); striking (metalworking); d 4.3 cm x w 29.12 gr