Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Wildcat Veterans to Hold Reunion in 1920



From the front page of The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1919. I don't know if the above medal was designed by Daniel Silverman of Asheville, but it was the only one I could find online. This one was made by Bastian Brothers.

Wildcat Veterans to Hold a Reunion

Asheville, Dec. 24—With 15,000 members of the 81st Division enrolled in the Wild Cat Veterans’ Association, a campaign is being conducted by officers of the organization to include every man who fought in the division in the membership. It is proposed to hold a reunion during 1920, but plans for this meeting are only in tentative form. Asheville already has placed its invitation before the organization while Columbia, S.C., has asked that the veterans come there for their first jubilee reunion.

To increase interest in the association, a descriptive insignia will be made up into medals that can be worn on watch fobs. The designs for the medals were made by Sergeant Daniel Silverman of Asheville, his sketches being accepted over several others submitted. The front side bears the likeness of a fighting doughboy with the words: 81st division. Wildcat 1918-1919. The reverse side has the famous Wildcat re-production with the words: Meuse, Argonne Vosges, Verdun—the scenes of the principal fighting by the division. The medals are to be made in bronze, double plated gold, sterling silver, and 10 karat gold.

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