Lot 839
839
An American Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Pair to Private John Davis, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, Congressional Medal of Honour, Army 1st type breast Badge, reverse engraved, 'The Congress to Pvt. J. Davis, Co. F, 17th Inda. Mtd. Infty.', on 2nd type riband, complete with brooch bar; Congressional Medal of Honor Legion, National Reunion Badge 1900, by Braxmar, New York, bronze-gilt, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, very fine (3)
An American Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Pair to Private John Davis, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, Congressional Medal of Honour, Army 1st type breast Badge, reverse engraved, 'The Congress to Pvt. J. Davis, Co. F, 17th Inda. Mtd. Infty.', on 2nd type riband, complete with brooch bar; Congressional Medal of Honor Legion, National Reunion Badge 1900, by Braxmar, New York, bronze-gilt, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, very fine (3)

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An American Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Pair to Private John Davis, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, Congressional Medal of Honour, Army 1st type breast Badge, reverse engraved, 'The Congress to Pvt. J. Davis, Co. F, 17th Inda. Mtd. Infty.', on 2nd type riband, complete with brooch bar; Congressional Medal of Honor Legion, National Reunion Badge 1900, by Braxmar, New York, bronze-gilt, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, very fine (3)

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Sold with an early tinted photograph of the recipient in civilian attire, set within a decorative gilt frame, the whole contained within an ornate gilt glass-fronted frame.

Private John Davis, Company F, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry, was born in Carroll, Kentucky and entered the Union Army in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing the flag of the Worrill Greys at Culloden, Georgia in April 1865. His Medal was issued on 17.6.1865.