Scott Miller submitted this example of a medal issued by the City of Portland, OR to volunteers during the Spanish flu epidemic. Thanks! -Editor
For more information, see:
Keller Auditorium: A hospital during Spanish Flu Pandemic
(https://www.koin.com/news/keller-auditorium-a-hospital-during-spanish-flu-pandemic/)
Scott writes:
"Here is a contemporary notice about the presentation of the Portland medals. I don't know if anyone else was awarded this medal. From Monthly Bulletin, Spruce
Production Division - U. S. Army, Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, Vo. 2, No. 4, Dec. 1918 - Jan. 1919, p. 21"
To read the original article, see:
Monthly Bulletin, Volumes 1-2
(https://books.google.com/books?id=iKSbvE9DOkIC&pg=RA7-PA21&lpg=RA7-PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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