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City of Charleston to the Charleston Company of Volunteers in Mexico

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Silver. 70mm × 55mm, 76.5 grams. The very rare City of Charleston (So Carolina) Mexican War medal which, I believe, only exists in silver. Far, far rarer than the NY Mexican War medal which exists in brz, silver and gold. I've seen perhaps a total of 3-4 of these silver City of Charleston medals in 5 decades and this is the finest. Ex Garrett/JHU 1981 where I was Ford's immediate underbidder, I ended up acquiring it in Ford decades later for approx the same price as Ford paid!.

Item record created Feb. 15, 2009.
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