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Medal of Merit for the National Campaign of 1906
Breast Badge, 27 mm, Silver, original suspension ring. In June 1906, El Salvador and Honduras declared war on Guatemala and El Salvador`s former President General Tomas Regalado, led a Salvadorian invasion of Guatemala but is said to have gone into battle whilst drunk and suffered serious wounds of which he died at Yupiltepeque near the Salvadorian border on 11 June 1906. The campaign lasted just eight days, the invasion being repulsed. Very rare ! II RR!
Estimate: 300 - 600 EUR
Medal of Merit for the National Campaign of 1906
Breast Badge, 27 mm, Silver, original suspension ring. In June 1906, El Salvador and Honduras declared war on Guatemala and El Salvador`s former President General Tomas Regalado, led a Salvadorian invasion of Guatemala but is said to have gone into battle whilst drunk and suffered serious wounds of which he died at Yupiltepeque near the Salvadorian border on 11 June 1906. The campaign lasted just eight days, the invasion being repulsed. Very rare ! II RR!
Estimate: 300 - 600 EUR