A Fine Collection of American Medals

A Mexican Border Service group of three attributed to Private L. W. Harvey, 102nd Sanitary Train and New York National Guard

Mexican Border Service Medal (8419) with full wrap brooch, with riband bars, in (damaged) Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark card box; Victory Medal 1918, official type 2, 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, with full wrap brooch; State of New York Mexican Border Service Medal 1916-17 (4059) with full wrap brooch, with frayed ribbon, good very fine and better (3) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of American Medals.

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Mexican Border Service Medal ‘8419’ was issued on 5 January 1920 to Leroy W. Harvey, of Binghamton, New York, for service in the 1st Ambulance Company, New York National Guard, 3 July-24 October 1916, on border service at McAllen, Sterling Ranch and Mission, Texas. His Victory Medal was awarded to him as a Farrier in Ambulance Company 108, 102nd Sanitary Train.