Group to C.E. Myers, 5th Maryland Infantry

Group to C.E. Myers, 5th Maryland Infantry: Mexican Border Service Medal, numbered “17199″, wrap brooch; World War I Victory Medal, clasps “Meuse-Argonne” and “Defensive Sector”; Baltimore Mexican Border Service Medal to the 5th Maryland Infantry, unnamed; A Mexican Border Service fob to “Co F, 5th Md. Infantry”, by Lincoln Manufacturing Works.

C.E. Meyers, from Annapolis, is confirmed on the Mexican Border Service Medal roll. The 5th Maryland Infantry (“Dandy Fifth”) was federalized for World War I as the 175th Infantry Regiment, serving as part of the 29th Division.