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(MILITARY—WORLD WAR
I.) [YOUNG, COLONEL CHARLES ].
COSTON, W. HILARY.
America’s
Sesquicentennial and the Sixty-
third anniversary of the Freedom
of its Slaves.
Two piece bronze
medal 2
1
⁄
4
x 1
1
⁄
2
inches, with clasp on
reverse. A pristine example.
Np: James Spencer Co, 1922
[800/1,200]
A BRIGHT
, “
AS NEW
”
EXAMPLE OF THIS
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
,
acknowledg-
ing the valor of generations of African
American veterans. The front bears an
image of Colonel Charles Young, West
Point ’89, and the dates “1864-1922.”
The reverse states: “In memory of their
heroism and that of their progeny, who as vol-
unteers in the American wars gave their lives
for the establishment and perpetuity of the
American Republic, W. Hilary Coston.” It is not
clear why Coston chose to have these medals struck in
1922, but it might possibly have been a late appreciation
of the huge number of African Americans who served in World
War I, none of whom received any award from their own country.
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(MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.) “IMMUNES.” COSTON, W.
HILARY.
The Spanish American War Volunteer. Ninth United Stated Volunteer
Infantry, Roster and Muster, Biographies * Cuban Sketches.
Copious illustrations.
224 pages, indexed. Royal 8vo, original pictorial tan cloth lightly rubbed; damp stains to
the front cover, internally clean.
Camp Meade, Middletown PA: By the author, 1899
[700/1,000]
A scarce and valuable prime resource, containing numerous biographical sketches, rosters, and
accounts of the war, by the 9th Infantry’s Chaplain.
