The California
Volunteers Medal
Contributed by Andrew
Lipps
Please Visit our Home
Page to learn more about the Spanish American War
This medal, issued to the California Volunteers who served in the
Spanish American War is a two piece bronze medal with an ornate pinback
top bar reading CALIFORNIA on the front and numbered on the
reverse. It has a heavy well struck bronze planchet with an ornate
soldier and lady (Liberty, Columbia???) scene on the front and the
reverse reading THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA TO ... FOR SERVICE IN THE
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898-1899. The medal in the images is numbered 90
and is impressed named to J.KILEMADE CO. A U.S.V.
To visit the website bibliography, click here. To visit the website video
bibliography, click here
Support
this
Site by Visiting the Website Store! (help
us defray costs!)
We are providing
the following service for our readers. If you are interested in
books, videos, CD's etc. related to the Spanish American War, simply
type in "Spanish American War" (or whatever you are interested in)
as the keyword and click on "go" to get a list of titles available
through Amazon.com.
Visit Main Page
for copyright data
Return to Main Page