The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 53, December 18, 2005, Article 20

MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES

The previous item about the medal of General Lucius
Fairchild includes one from an organization I hadn't
heard of before: MOLLUS.   Do any of our readers have
one of these medals?  Have any been sold in numismatic
channels?

"With the death of President Lincoln on April 15, 1865,
rumors spread throughout Washington of a larger conspiracy
to assassinate other officials leading to the overthrow
of the Federal government.(29) Three officers who formed
the guard of honor when the President's body arrived at
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, on its way to Springfield,
Illinois, pledged unswerving loyalty to the Union and the
ideals the President stood for. Together they formed "The
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States",
or M.O.L.L.U.S., and set the day of Lincoln's death as
its founding day.

Its first meeting was held at Independence Hall on April
20, 1865. Membership was limited to commissioned officers
of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard."

Full Story

For information on the organization, see: walika.com/mollus.htm
suvcw.org/mollus/mollus.htm

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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