Originally Posted by MikeL2
Originally Posted by shrapnel
The reason I asked this is I was researching the Custer battle and found this medal of honor and if you notice it is marked "The Congress to" which would lead me to consider it to be "Congressional"...


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The inscription on the medal is not the name of the medal.

The inscription of "The Congress To" is the point is am curious about. I was always under the opinion that it is "The Medal Of Honor" as that seems to be the rule. However, Mechlin did receive the Medal of Honor along with several others for their acts of bravery as they transferred water from the Little Bighorn river to the parched troops on Reno/Benteen hill under severe enemy fire from the Indians.


So no one sees the reference to "Congress" on that medal as an association with Congressional?

I'm not saying it is so, it just appears to have some validity to the title "Congressional Medal Of Honor"

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