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Argentina, oval silver military medal, 1839, Battle of Pago Largo, Cunietti Plate Medal, rare.

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Argentina, oval silver military medal, 1839, Battle of Pago Largo, Cunietti Plate Medal, rare.
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Argentina, oval silver military medal, 1839, Battle of Pago Largo, Cunietti Plate Medal, rare. Cunietti-pg. 109. 37 x 30 mm; 15.40 grams. [see separate Word doc] Plate Medal on page 109 of Historia de las Medallas Argentinas 1747-1880 (2010), by Cunietti.

Obverse with laurels around the seal of Argentina and text "MARZO 31 DE 1839 / EL GOBIERNO DE LA / CONFEDERACION ARGENTA / AL PATRIOTISMO Y / AL VALOR" in center; reverse with laurels around text "VALIENTE / DEFENSOR EN LOS / CAMPOS DEL PAGO / LARGO, DE LA LIBERTAD / DE LA CONFEDERACION / ARGENTINA, Y DE LA / INDEPA AMERICANA" with arms below; loop fastened to top of medal. Lightly gold-toned XF with minor scratches on reverse, rare in any condition.

The Battle of Pago Largo was an armed confrontation that occurred on March 31, 1839, between the troops of the governor of Entre Ríos, Brigadier General Pascual Echagüe (who was loyal to the provincial governor of Buenos Aires at the head of the foreign relations of Argentina, Brigadier General Juan Manuel de Rosas) and those of the governor of Corrientes, Colonel Genaro Berón de Astrada, who died during the combat. After its victory, the army of Echagüe invaded the Banda Oriental (today Uruguay) but was repelled.

Ironically the cavalry of the province of Entre Ríos was led by Colonel Major Justo José de Urquiza, a lieutenant of Echagüe, who years later, in 1852, would defeat Rosas in the definitive battle of Caseros, an event that would make him leave his long-standing government and flee in exile to England until his death. Urquiza became the first president of the Argentine Confederation, with headquarters in Paraná, and is still venerated today in Entre Ríos as a provincial hero.