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25 May 2022

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№ 582

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£170

United States of America, Certificate of Merit Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine, scarce £60-£80

The Certificate of Merit Medal was a military decoration of the United States Army which was issued between 1905 and 1918, replacing the much older parchment ‘Certificates of Merit’ which had first been issued by the U.S. Army in 1847. The Medal itself was declared obsolete in 1918, and recipients of the Certificate of Merit Medal could exchange their medal for the newly created Distinguished Service Medal. In 1934 Congress changed the regulation allowing the conversion of the medal to the Distinguished Service Cross, including those previously converted to the Distinguished Service Medal.