RARE WEST VIRGINIA HONARABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL – JOSPEH HARDING, 12th WV

RARE WEST VIRGINIA HONARABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL – JOSPEH HARDING, 12th WV

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Item Code: 2025-857

Enlisted on 8/30/1862 as a Corporal and mustered into Company K, 12th West Virginia Infantry.  As with many West Virginia Volunteers, George Fradd’s records lack generous detail.

This medal lacks much of the ribbon, with just a small section remaining along the ribbon bar. A stylized “WV” gives way to a scroll reading “HONORABLY DISCHARGED” to form the base pin piece.  A single link suspends the drop medal, which features a volunteer soldier being presented with a formal accolade and laurel by lady liberty and an onlooking eagle.  The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia appears below on a shield, flanked by the years 1861 and 1865 and the state motto “Montani Semper Liberi” (Mountaineers are Always Free) appears on a banner at bottom.  The edge of the medal is stamped “JOS E. HARDING CORPL Co K 12th REG INF VOLS”. Overall measurements are 1 1/8” x 2 1/8”.

An uncommon link to the Federal Volunteers of the new State of West Virginia. [cm][ph:L]

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