1898 San Juan Hill Spanish American War PR 3rd Infantry Battalion Mounted Photo For Sale

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1898 San Juan Hill Spanish American War PR 3rd Infantry Battalion Mounted Photo :
$175.00

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Original 8\" x 9\" mounted large cabinet photo of officers and soldiers of the Spanish 3rd Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico from 1898. The back has a hand written notation \"HABANA\" translated Havana, Cuba as the place where this photo was likely taken.

Historical Details

Unit: Spanish 3rd Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico (a temporary unit raised to garrison Puerto Rico that later served in Cuba).

Uniforms: They wear Austrian-style tunics and kepi caps, which were a tribute to the Queen-Regent Maria Christina of Austria.

Battle of San Juan Hill: The battalion was a primary unit defending San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, where roughly a third of its 600 soldiers became casualties.

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