An 1870 Paraguay Cross GTRexclude with only a few characters

with only a few characters still legible

McNiven signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 39th Infantry Battalion

he was docked one days' pay for being absent without leave on May 21

moderately soiled original ribbons

but unfortunately he’s not very good looking

An 1870 Paraguay Cross GTRexclude with only a few charactersLackened bronze, 26 mm, integral suspension, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was established in 1870 and awarded to the Brazilian armed forces, National Guard, Volunteers, Police and civilians supporting the war effort. It was also awarded to Uruguayan and Argentinian members of the Allied Forces who together had defeated initially superior forces of the expansionary Paraguayan government.