INDIAN PEACE MEDAL MARTIN VAN BUREN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Obverse: MARTIN VAN BUREN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |-A.D. 1837 - Bust Reverse: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP - Two hands clasped-Crossed pipe and tomahawk Diameter: 75 mm Thickness: 6 mm Price for sell is: 750$ or best offer. Please call to Eugene 613-276-8217 Thanks for the stop and check it out. P.S. Peace medals played a significant role in relations between the United States government and the Native American population. Following the British and French practice of handing out silver medals to tribal chiefs, George Washington began a policy of presenting peace medals to American Indian leaders at treaty signings and other formal ceremonies. Every subsequent American president from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison is represented on an Indian peace medal, with the exception of William Henry Harrison. The medals were often produced in different sizes according to the rank of the recipients.