Your Opinions on this USMC Civil War Medal

[usmedalman]

I welcome any and all opinions. The pendant is very well struck and measures within contract specs. I bought this 30 years ago as a place holder, but I have never been certain of its origin,

 

 

 

[Marshallj]

Have a look a this one. Yours looks like a modern restrike. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/civil-war/medals-and-awards.html#:~:text=The Civil War campaign (service,82 of 27 June 1908.

[Jim T]

      I have nothing to contribute as to the manufacturer but agree that it is a very nice strike. The double ring on the reverse is of course a good sign. And notice that the rings even blend together at around the 8 o'clock position as with Adam R's shown in post#2 here:

 

 

       It doesn't look like the break in the small ring is visible when viewing the reverse (narrative within that post, and photo in post#9) so maybe not a US Mint strike but still very good quality. 

 

    Another "engraver attention-to-detail" thing which is overlooked is that the cross-section of the shank is somewhat square, and has it's corners rounded off (to a machinist: "broken"). On most later strikes the shank is circular. And there does look to be a separate ring at the head to attach the chain. 

 

I think you done good (short of finding a BB&B original issue in a Ziploc baggie in a junk drawer).

 

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Jim T