Group of six to Col W.B. Cowin, US Cavalry

Group of seven to Colonel W.B. Cowin, Cavalry: Cuban Occupation Medal, wrap brooch, numbered “No.207″ (Captain, 9th Cavalry); Philippine Campaign Medal, Army, wrap brooch, numbered “No.1414″ (1st Lt, 3rd Cavalry); Philippine Campaign Medal, Army, wrap brooch, numbered “25455″; Mexican Service Medal, Army, wrap brooch, numbered “No.113″ (Lt Col, NA); World War I Victory Medal, clasps “Aisne-Marne”, “Meuse-Argonne” and “Defensive Sector”; United Spanish War Veterans membership medal, marked “B/49955″, with Joseph Mayer’s maker’s mark (ribbon resewn across the back. With a single cavalry officer’s collar device; two 9th Cavalry quartermaster officer collar devices; two large colonel’s rank devices; three small colonel’s rank devices; two Quartermaster Corps devices, clutch-back. Each of the medals has been carefully reribboned. $750

In 1925, Colonel William B. Cowin, QMC, commanded the Army’s Pittsburgh Recruiting District. On 4 October 1929, Colonel William Benton Cowin, in command of the New Orleans Army Supply Base, died on active duty.