Letter from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy to James Pollock, Director of the Mint

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This letter is in regards to the design for the Medal of Honor, which the Navy Department would like to be in the shape of a cross with ribbons of red, white, and blue.

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Nanj Department
January by 1862
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to the medall
of tomer the Department would like
to have a design in the shake of
a crass, wo heat three rebbors the
red white and blue-care, in tonce
manner, he attached Wither medals
and there add to their beauty and
significance lean yearnal
furnish it with such a design?
Jan repeated
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