 Palmetto Regiment. Gold. 48.3 mm. 1,153.8 gns. Nice Extremely Fine. Some prooflike surface remains. Light scratches and a few marks. Nice, deep gold toning. Named to Captain N.J. Walker. Walker was officer commanding J Company during the war. Extremely rare: the cataloguer knows of only six named gold medals: this, to Captain N.J. Walker and those to Lieutenants Stephen Boykin, G.W. Curtis, David Donald, Abner R. Durham (previous lot), and C.G. Jones. Of these, only two had ever been sold publicly before now, Durham's and Curtis's. The present appearance makes three public sales. More importantly, this occasion marks the only time we can recall there being two gold Palmetto Regiment medals in the same auction sale.
Ex NASCA on June 10, 1981.
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