El Salvador. A Medal For Distinguished Valor To The Loyal Defenders, In Silver, C. 1839 United Republic of with the exception of a

with the exception of a black ink size stamp on the collar of “1”

He arrived in the United States about 1840 after serving as a cabin boy aboard a Prussian ship

on the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea

with an example each of the Bronze

El Salvador. A Medal For Distinguished Valor To The Loyal Defenders, In Silver, C. 1839 United Republic of with the exception of aInstituted May 1839 by Francisco Morazan. A silver medal of the Liberal Regime of Francisco Morazan against Invading Armies from Guatemala and Nicaragua in 1839, the obverse presenting the left facing high relief bust of Francisco Morazan, surrounded by REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR LA PATRIA A SUS LEALES DEFENSORES, the reverse presents the inscription PREMIO AL VALOR DISTINGUIDO inside a wreath, surmounted by a shield suspension presenting a volcano on the