MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD 1st HEAVY ARTY. REGT. OFFICER CABINET PHOTO c1898

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* MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD 1st HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT OFFICER - IMPERIAL SIZED CABINET PHOTO c1898
* MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD 1st HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT OFFICER POSES WITH A NUMBER "
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" ON HIS SHOULDER BOARD AND THREE MEDALS INCLUDING ONE THAT HAS A CRESCENT MOON WITH A DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND CROSS, A MEDAL THAT HAS A MINIATURE ARTILLERY PROJECTILE HANGING FROM IT, AND ONE UNKNOWN SHIELD SHAPED MEDAL.
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DIMENSIONS OF OUTER PHOTO: 5 5/8" x 8 3/4"
DIMENSIONS OF IMPERIAL SIZE CABINET CARD MOUNT : 7" x 10"
CONDITION IS VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT WITH SOME MINOR CORNER WEAR AND DAMP STAINING TO THE MOUNT ON THE OBVERSE LOWER RIGHT CORNER AND THE REVERSE CORNERS. A VERY LIGHT CRACK ALONG THE SITTERS LOWER ROW OF BUTTONS THATS HARDLY NOTICEABLE.
SEPIA TONED AND WELL FOCUSED WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME:  RITZ   ELITE. 58 TEMPLE PLACE BOSTON (MASSACHUSETTS)
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Massachusetts National Guard
is the National Guard component for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, it contains the oldest units in the United States Army. What is today's Massachusetts National Guard evolved through many different forms. Originally founded as a defensive militia for Puritan colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the militia evolved into a highly organized and armed fighting force. The Massachusetts militia served as a central organ of the New England revolutionary fighting force during the early American Revolution and a major component in the Continental Army under George Washington. During the Spanish–American War six Massachusetts Volunteer Militia regiments were called into Federal service between May and July 1898. The regiments were the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th infantry regiments and the
1st Heavy Artillery regiment.