Civil War West Virginia Honorable Discharge Service Medal / 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry KM.593.2 9 Weight 13

9 Weight 13

2" Tall / and 3 3/4" bowl diameter (not including coins)

VAM 83 Low 8

The top of the 5 was clearly recut

Civil War West Virginia Honorable Discharge Service Medal / 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry KM.593.2 9 Weight 13Issued by the State of West Virginia in 1866. This is a Class I Honorable Discharge medal without ribbon and top bar. The planchet rim is impressed : HENRY WALTER QM SRGT 15TH REG INF VOLS The 15th West Virginia Volunteer Regiment, organized in August October 1862, saw most of its action between 1864 and 1865 having fought in The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, The Battle of Lynchburg, The Battle of Cool Spring, The Battle of Opequon through to the Battle