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Miniature Luzon Campaign Medal of Maj Gen George John Younghusband, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1898
miniature medal, Luzon Campaign Medal, (Philippines Islands), Spain 1898, miniature medal
Accession Number

NAM.1953-04-11-18

Description

Miniature Luzon Campaign Medal, (Philippines Islands), Spain 1898. Worn by Maj Gen George John Younghusband, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force. This medal is suspended from a light blue ribbon with yellow edges and is connected via a ring suspender. The obverse depicts the young head of Alfonso XIII of Spain. Below the head of the King are the initials 'G.S.' the makers mark of Gregorio Sellan y Gonzalez, who also designed coins with the same effigy. Inscribed along the circumference are the words 'ALFONSO XIII POR LA G.DEDIOS' meaning ALFONSO XIII BY THE GRACE OF GOD. The reverse has a simpler design with the word 'LUZON / 1898' inscribed in the centre. Mounted on a medal bar with brooch fitting of 18. Associated with the Spanish-American War (1898).

Campaigns

Spanish-American War (1898)