20th Kansas Volunteer
Infantry Commemorative Medal
By Andrew Lipps
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The soldiers and sailors of the Spanish American War returned to a
hero's welcome in their home states, and many of the states and cities
struck medals to present to the local boys.
One such medal was struck by the state of Kansas and
presented to her veterans through the Department of Kansas GAR (The
Grand Army of the Republic was a nationwide organization of Civil War
Union veterans with wide social and political influence). This
two piece bronze medal has an 8th Corps badge within a Kansas
sunflower, and battle names on the arms of the cross. The reverse
notes that the medal was given by the People of the State of Kansas
through the Kansas GAR in 1900. The example shown here is engraved on
the reverse to "Q.M Sergt. Harold B. Reed, Co. K." of the 20th
Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The 20th
Kansas served in many engagements in the Philippine
Islands.
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