DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION VALLEY FORGE PENNSYLV STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR SPOON

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Here is a rare full size (6-1/16”), feeling solid & heavy sterling silver spoon from Valley Forge Pennsylvania dating back to years around 1900 commemorating
Daughters Of The American Revolution organization. It is featuring on the handle a very detailed scene with a log house, below round seal with eagle on US shield and writing DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION 1776 – 1891 and tall monument (Watermans Monument) down the handle. Back of the handle has writing VALLEY FORGE 1777 1778 and reverse side of monument down the handle.
It measures 6-1/16" in length (153 mm) and is in excellent condition, feels solid. On the back it is marked STERLING and J.E. CALDWELL & CO. Shipping on multiple purchases are gladly combined. Please see other, some rare, collector spoons I'm currently listing.
More on the subject:
Valley Forge, 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, is among the best-known places associated with the Revolutionary War. The village received its name from the iron forge built along Valley Creek in the 1740s. By the time of the Revolution, a sawmill and gristmill had been built in the area, making the place an important supply base for the Americans. But before the American Army encamped here, the British army encamped here first. They not only destroyed the forge and mills, but more importantly, they forced Washington to either defend his supply depot in Reading to the west or the city of Philadelphia to the east. With the British army in between, he could not defend both. To make the decision more difficult, not defending Philadelphia would have political consequences. Making a military decision, Washington chose Reading, giving the British a clear path to Philadelphia. On September 26th, British forces marched into the city and took possession of it. With Valley Forge now free, Washington was able choose it for his winter encampment. The area was close enough to the British forces in Philadelphia to keep their raiding and foraging parties out of the interior of Pennsylvania, yet far enough away to halt the threat of British surprise attacks. The high ground of Mount Joy and Mount Misery, combined with the Schuylkill River to the north, made the area naturally defensible. Although no military engagements were fought here and no bayonet charges or artillery bombardments took place, during the winter of 1777-78 approximately 2,000 soldiers died here in a battle to survive hunger, disease, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Of all the places associated with the Revolutionary War, none conveys more the suffering, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph of American forces than Valley Forge.