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Span AM War medal group- Pvt August Benson, 2nd Oregon Volunteers


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These medals were part of a larger lot on Ebay described as " Military Medals and Misc" . The seller was only 1 mile from my house, so I won the lot today and picked them up from him a couple of hours later at his house! No PAYPAL fees or Shipping on this deal :)

 

This is a set of 3 medals to Pvt August Benson . He was a 22 year old Swedish immigrant who enlisted in 1898 at Portland to serve with the 2nd Oregon Volunteers. He served with them in both the " War with Spain" and the " Philippine Insurrection ". The 2nd Oregon is a notable unit because they were the 1st US Army unit to arrive overseas to fight the Spanish during the war.

 

This lot includes the 2nd Oregon Volunteer medal awarded by the state of Oregon , a Spanish Campaign Medal ( MNO 2331 ), and Philippine Campaign Medal ( MNO 3341 ). You typically see MNO medals in groups to volunteer units because not many of them stayed in the US Army long enough to have received NO. numbered medals.

 

The 2nd Oregon Medal is officially hand engraved A. Benson , Co. L.

 

Here is a website with some history of the unit : http://www.spanamwar.com/2ndoregon.htm

 

Kurt

 

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