Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1919 — Making Medals in Millions. [ARTICLE]

Making Medals in Millions.

The 1914 star recipients can be numbered in tens of thousands; those who wear ribbon of the 1915 star are reckoned by hundreds of thousands, and in millions must the men and women he counted who will be entitled to the general service medal for the war, 1914-1918, says an English ex ; change. On the. other hand, in 1893 medals were awarded for special campaigns, in which the were numbered in tens. Three little, scraps occurred in West Africa during that year and the general service .medal with a special clasp was awarded for each little brush. * The Lake Nyassa clasp and medal issue was made to only 25 men for services in Nyassaland. Thirty-four only received the medal with the Liwondi clasp, given for the engagement with the Chief Liwondi. Forty were given the Juba River clasp and medal, as members of the naval brigade that went as volunteers to the rescue of two Englishmen held paptive by the Somalis. , Of course, in Wellington’s days, until Waterloo, only the chief and commanders were given medals.