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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MILITARY--WWI.) COLORED TROOPS. Our Colored Heroes. Bronze medal 3.5cm in diameter with a small American flag (2.5 x 3.25cm) attached to a small brass loop and pin for attaching to one's lapel. An excellent example with some traces of what appears to have been gold-plating. Np, 1919
a scarce. Unofficial "medal' produced back home for returning black troopers. Purchased by proud family members to be given to their soldiers on their return home.
