ID’d Mexican War Veterans Badge - Civil War Veteran 1st US Artillery & 107th NY For Sale

c.1875 bronze shield badge for veterans of the Mexican American War. It is engraved on the reverse to Wm. H H Abbey, 1st US Artillery. Not only did Mr. Abbey see active service in Mexico (Cerro Gordo to Chapultepec) he also served in the 107th New York Infantry during the Civil War (Antietam to Kennesaw Mountain, where he was concussed by an artillery shell). Anecdotally these were made out of melted down Mexican cannons. Conclusively ID’d badges like this are rare, badges to two war veterans, with active service in both wars rarer still.