Comments on: From Em, Charlestown Mass. 8/7/1916 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/from-em-charlestown-mass-871916/ Letters Home from a Yankee Doughboy 1916-1919 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: worldwar1letters http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/from-em-charlestown-mass-871916/#comment-978 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:53 +0000 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/?p=3416#comment-978 Dear Readers:
The souvenir medals Em refers to (such as the one pictured here) were mass-produced as commemoratives for the troops to purchase and send home as mementos of their service on the Border. These are not to be confused with official military decorations.

Regards,
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