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    LET'S PLAY BALL!

    May 29, 2019 4 minutes
    by David L. Burrows

    Often, military collectors specialize in very specific areas such as helmets, rifles, medals, insignia, or even military vehicles. They frequently find fascinating stories in a small segment of their collection. Using the badges of John K. Tener, this story will discuss the Pennsylvania National Guard’s very well developed system of marksmanship awards during the period of Tener’s governorship of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    The Pennsylvania National Guard provided an amazing array of awards between 1878-1921 as illustrated in the definitive work by Peter J. Eisert & Charles B. Oellig, (“Eisert, Oellig;” 2008). In addition to medal collectors, Tener’s story, may also appeal to collectors of baseball cards

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