Spain, Kingdom. A Luzon Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac manufactured in the United States

manufactured in the United States of America

as a reward for brave conduct and meritorious service in the national police forces of the kingdom as the gendarmerie equivalent of the Military Medal

cause of death stated as "pneumonia due to scarlet fever with complications"

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Spain, Kingdom. A Luzon Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac manufactured in the United StatesInstituted January 11, 1897. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears the bust of the young Alfonso XIII, encompassed by the inscription ALOS LEALES VOLUNTARIOS DE FILIPINAS, the reverse bears the inscription CAMPANA DE LUZON 1896 1897, with a loop for suspension, on a red and yellow ribbon with horizontal pin brooch, very fine.