WEST VIRGINIA NAMED CLASS III MEDAL WITH RIBBON
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Here is an absolute estate fresh gem! This is an 100% original and untouched period Civil War medal. This medal was awarded to 1st Leuitenant John Garvey of the 7th Regiment Infantry Volunteers. As you can see, it is in outstanding condition. I am including the second blue ribbon with it as it was found with this medal in the same box of items (keep checking my listings as there is some great stuff to get to!). This medal will be hard to upgrade. I am offering this piece estate fresh without reserve. Thanks for stopping and Here is some updated information I just found on John Garvey, the recipient of this medal.... "Mr. Garvey wedded, January 13, 1884, Miss Tessa B. Mooney, of Cleveland, Ohio. She died December 18, 1885, leaving to him a bright, sunny little boy, Richard, who was born in November, 1885. Of Mr. Garvey's brothers and sisters we record that his brother, Rev. Father Peter Garvey, is a Catholic clergyman of Galveston, Texas, diocese; and that John Garvey, a Lieutenant in the Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Regiment in the late war, was promoted on the field of Antietam for conspicuous gallantry, and died of wounds received there. John Garvey served ten years in the Twenty-ninth Infantry in the English army. For conspicuous gallantry in the defense of Lucknow during the Sepoy Rebellion he received the Queen's Sergeant'
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