Nọ 169 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT MEDAL JAMES WILSON SILVER LIFESAVING RECIPIENT

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Certificate of Merit Medal Nọ 169 issued to Sgt. James Wilson who was also issued a Silver Lifesaving Medal (location unknown) for the same action on March 8, 1899. He was also issued a Philippine Campaign Medal.
“Wilson, James, corporal, Troop B, 3d U. S. Caralry: For heroic conduct, displayed in rescuing a fisherman from drowning in the breakers near Fort Winfield Scott, California, March 8, 1899, when sergeant, Troop B, 14th U. S. Cavalry, (Certificate of merit awarded December 4, 1903.)”
--RARE UNITED STATES CERTIFICATE OF MERIT MEDAL, W/ FULL WRAP BROOCH.
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Nọ 169
--RE-RIBBON DRAPE TESTED U.V. NEGATIVE AS SHOWN
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INFORMATION:
The Certificate of Merit Medal was a military decoration of the United States Army that was issued between the years of 1905 and 1918. The Certificate of Merit Medal replaced the much older Certificate of Merit which was authorized by the United States Congress on March 3, 1847.
In 1905, a medal was created for those holding a Certificate of Merit and called the Certificate of Merit Medal. This medal was authorized for wear on a United States military uniform. It was always worn following the Medal of Honor, before all campaign medals. The first recipient of the Certificate of Merit Medal was First Lieutenant William B. Baker, who was presented medal No. 1 on 30 December 1907. Baker had received an original Certificate of Merit as a Corporal during the Spanish–American War on 13 August 1898. The last act recognized by a Certificate of Merit was May 1918, when Corporal Paul Scaletta made a water rescue of soldiers in dangerous surf condition at Ocean Beach, California. The last soldier to be awarded the Certificate of Merit Medal was George Arrington for his service while a Private with the 24th Infantry Regiment in 1889. He was awarded medal No. 361, and subsequently converted it to a Distinguished Service Cross.
The Certificate of Merit Medal was declared obsolete on July 19, 1918. Those holding the Certificate of Merit Medal could exchange their medal for the newly created Distinguished Service Medal. In 1934, Congress changed the regulation allowing the conversion of the medal to the Distinguished Service Cross, including those converted to the Distinguished Service Medal.
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