MEXICAN BORDER WAR 1916 "SERVICE" BADGE FOR NATIONAL GUARD AND BLACK CAVALRY BUFFALO SOLDIERS.
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Winning Bid:
$177.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
This rare badge is 2-3/16" tall. The eagle hanger reads "United States Army" and bronze luster still very intact. The suspension has lost most of the bronze luster but retains microscopic traces that match the hanger. The loop at the shield top has a hairline break and tiny metal flake gone on the left where the it joins the shield, but the right hand loop is undamaged and stable. The shield reads "Service On Mexican Border" and shows line of American soldiers firing on a distant line of Mexican soldiers with palm trees and mountain accents. On the reverse, ten lines of text encapsulate the major events of the war and at the bottom is the maker name H. H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tenn. Text begins with bold word "RAID" followed by "Columbus, N.M. Mch 9th" This is the 1916 date of Pancho Villa's first attack in the U.S. Less than a week later, General Pershing led regular army soldiers into Mexico in pursuit, The medal text names two more raids on May 6th and June 14th followed by bold text "National Guard Called To Colors/June 18th" as per Wilson's order. The next three lines in bold text read "Ambush At Carrizal, Mex. June 21st". This refers to the African-American unit, the 10th Cavalry, one of the original "Buffalo Soldier" regiments in the post-Civil War Regular Army. Pershing sent the 10th to Carrizal to investigate reports Villa was there, but instead they found 400 regular Mexican army troops. Capt. Charles Boyd refused the Mexican order to return north and took his troops through the town. This cost him and ten other Buffalo Soldiers their lives. Pershing was furious and wanted to attack the Mexican army. However, Wilson feared a full scale war with Mexico and refused marking the effective end of the Mexican Expedition. Fine. Historic and Rare.
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