(Pinback) MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN 1861.: State seal.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS/ TO THE/ MEMBERS OF THE/ MASSACHUSETTS/ VOLUNTEER MILITIA/ WHO WERE MUSTERED/ INTO THE UNITED STATES/ SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO/ PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S/ FIRST CALL FOR/ TROOPS/ APRIL 15. 1861.
Diámetro
39.0
Referencia
Numismatics of Massachusetts, Storer, Malcolm, #1347, p 174
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS/ TO THE/ MEMBERS OF THE/ MASSACHUSETTS/ VOLUNTEER MILITIA/ WHO WERE MUSTERED/ INTO THE UNITED STATES/ SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO/ PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S/ FIRST CALL FOR/ TROOPS/ APRIL 15. 1861.: Inscription.
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39.0
Referencia
Numismatics of Massachusetts, Storer Malcolm, #1347, p 174
(Hand-engraved) To CALEB D. SMITH 47th Reg. Mass. Vols. from the Public Schools NEW ORLEANS JULY 4th/ 1863.: Soldier boy with bugle offers hand to two school children in New Orleans school room.
EXCELSIOR: New York State Arms, divided per pale, dexter U.S. flag with thirteen stars; sinister landscape with mountains and rising sun above peaks. Scroll below bears motto EXCELSIOR. Crest, eagle on demi-globe.
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PRESENTED _______ N.Y.S.V. BY/ REUBEN E. FENTON,/ GOVERNOR,/ In Pursuance of Concurrent Resolutions,/ PASSED BY THE/ SENATE AND ASSEMBLY/ OF THE/ STATE OF NEW YORK,/ AS A/ MEMENTO OF THE COURAGE/ OF HER/ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS./ "The benediction of the covering heavens/ Fall on your heads, like dew.": Uninscribed scroll for recipient's name.
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400.759
Referencia
Julian MI-31; The Military Awards of the Empire State, Till, Paul H , p.19-21, 1989
