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Medal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06196.134 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1924/07/07 Pagination: Order a Copy

Medal inscribed "John H Hilldring, Capt. Inf. D O L. USA" on recto; "Elected Honorary Life Member, 144th Inf, July 7 1924" on verso.

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

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