American Civil War Medal

[Paul L Murphy]

I always wanted to get one of these even though it has nothing to do with my core collecting interests. It is the US Army version of the Civil War Campaign Medal. This was authorised in 1905 and eventually issued in 1907 so only about 9,500 were actually awarded since it was only given to living participants. This piece is numbered "MNo 5778".

I know that for some early US numbered medals it is possible to find the recipient from extant rolls, does anyone know if it is possible to find the recipient of the numbered Civil War medals or not ?

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[JBFloyd]

Only "No."-prefixed numbers up to "No.554" are traceable. The rolls for numbers with the "M.No." prefix have not been found, although hope springs eternal.

[Paul L Murphy]

Jeff,

Many thanks for the information, I guessed that would be the case but it was worth asking the question. This came from the last FJP auction in case you thought it looked familiar.

:cheers:

[Ulsterman]

very cool! :cheers:

[Paul R]

What is the date of that photo? When was the medal institutionalized?