Private Thomas Kelly – Medal of Honor, verliehen am 1. Juli 1898 für Tapferkeit im Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg - photo 1
Private Thomas Kelly – Medal of Honor, verliehen am 1. Juli 1898 für Tapferkeit im Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg - photo 2
Private Thomas Kelly – Medal of Honor, verliehen am 1. Juli 1898 für Tapferkeit im Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg - photo 3

Private Thomas Kelly – Medal of Honor, verliehen am 1. Juli 1898 für Tapferkeit im Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg

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28.05.2020 10:00UTC +02:00
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Hermann Historica
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Germany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 5099 | Private Thomas Kelly – Medal of Honor, verliehen am 1. Juli 1898 für Tapferkeit im Spanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg
In Kupfer geprägter, bronzierter, auf der Spitze stehender fünfstrahliger Stern (Army, erstes Modell) mit der Stechersignatur „Paquet F.". Die mittels Ringen befestigte Adleragraffe und die Tragespange mit Sicherheitsnadel ebenfalls aus bronziertem Kupfer geprägt. An originalem Band in der Ausführung zwischen 1896 und 1903. Die Rückseite mit der Trägerdedikation „The Congress to Private Thomas Kelly - C° H 21st U.S.Infty., for gallantry in action at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898". Breite 53,3 mm. Die Medal of Honor wurde als höchste Tapferkeitsauszeichnung 1861 durch Präsident Abraham Lincoln während des Sezessionskrieges eingeführt und bis heute in ca. 3.500 Fällen zuerkannt. Der in Irland geborene und 1920 in New York verstorbene Thomas Kelly nahm in der H-Kompanie des 21st Infantry Regiments an dem am 22. Juni 1898 beginnenden Angriff gegen die spanischen Truppen in Santiago auf Kuba teil. Am 1. Juli war das Regiment an der Eroberung des San Juan Hügels beteiligt, wobei sich Private Kelly durch die Rettung zahlreicher Verwundeter aus vorderster Front und im schweren Feindbeschuss auszeichnete („Private Kelly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the line and while under heavy fire from the enemy"). Zustand: I - II
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