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I'm really hoping it is an original. I have no reason at all to think that it's fake, but I don't know if the US Mint did any restrikes of these in later years.
The first part of the quoted text above - "Baker 155A" (also "B 155A"), is the catalog number from W. S. Baker who cataloged a bunch of medals of George Washington in 1885.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000366469
This information was used in a new catalog by Russel Rulau & George Fuld - "Medallic Portraits of Washington 2nd Revised Edition", a used copy of which is available from Amazon for ten bucks. A new copy is $20. Abe Books also has used copies, some at lower prices.
https://www.amazon.com/Medallic-Portraits-Washington-Russell-Rulau/dp/0873416813
https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/medallic-portraits-washington/book/ (Avoid the PDF ebook versions of the public domain Baker catalog)
PCGS and NGC will authenticate and grade medals, if you want to go that route.
https://www.pcgs.com/tokensandmedals
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/2550/NGC-US-WORLD-TOKENS-MEDALS/
https://www.google.com/search?&q=ws+baker+medallic+portraits+%22george+washington%22+medal+catalogue
Best of luck to you!