Description
the 88th served in the First (I) Corps through the battles of Antietam/Sharpsburg
delivery truck driver or warehouse worker in his civilian life
1st Class for Forty Years' Service (bronze gilt
Hughes had been an Infantry Instructor for thirty months
one clasp: 1878-9
Spain. A Cross Of Merit To The Homeland Auction Archive the 88th served in theA Spanish Cross of Merit to the Homeland Bronze with gold coloured gilt, with white and black enamels, 29 mm x 31,5 mm, fine enamel chipping on the obverse centrepiece, near extremely fine. Footnote: The cross was instituted in 1836 and awarded during the reigns of Isabel II and Alfonso XII.