United States. A 20th Kansas Volunteer Medal in Gold, c.1899 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbed

with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbed plates on either side

Footnote: The Order of the Union was originally established by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte when he became the hereditary and constitutional King of Holland in 1806

Naming is officially impressed on the First World War pair and engraved on the reverse of the CCCLSM

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United States. A 20th Kansas Volunteer Medal in Gold, c.1899 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with real embedded mother-of-pearl ribbedIn 14K Gold, a round medal featuring crossed swords in the inscription 20TH KANS. VOL. FROM CITIZENS OF K. C. KANSAS, plain reverse, suspended from a bullet style hanger dated 98 99 with a horizontal pin on the reverse, measures 30. 4 mm (w) x 40. 5 mm (h), weighs 5. 53 grams, scratches to the reverse, very fine condition. Footnote: The 20th Kansas Volunteers (often called the Fighting 20th) served in the Spanish American War and Philippine