35 mm in diameter. I wonder if Lincoln County will have a sesquicentennial medal made this year.
I've always found Billy the Kid's present day fame inexplicable. His exploits so far as the Lincoln County War was concerned consisted of bushwhackings and in one instance the outright murder of two disarmed members of the opposing faction who had given themselves up upon a promise of safe conduct. For all that, the Kid ended up on the losing side.
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