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New York Regiment of Volunteers Mexican War Veteran's Medal for Albert Lombard, Co. E

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New York Regiment of Volunteers Mexican War Veteran's Medal for Albert Lombard, Co. E
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Silver medal, 52mm, by Charles Cushing Wright, reverse having iconography taken from the Seal of New York City encircled by the text & #34;Presented By The City of New York / To The N.Y. Regiment of Volunteers In Mexico,& #34; and engraved to & #34;Albert Lombard, Company E.& #34; Obverse with Liberty in the foreground of Vera Cruz, encircled by the names of four major battles in which the New York Regiment fought: Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Chapultec, and Cherubusco. The recipient, Albert Lombard, published a history of the New York Regiment in 1848, titled & #34;The High Private: A Full & amp; Exciting History of the New York Volunteers, Illustrated with Facts, Incidents, Anecdotes, Engravings, Including the Mysteries and Miseries of the Mexican war, In Three Parts.& #34;

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