4-PIECE GROUP ATTRIBUTED TO PVT. CHARLES OLSTAD, LATE  MEMBER OF CO.G, 1ST NORTH DAKOTA INFANTRY

1-SILK RIBBON

2-1902 SOUVENIR BADGE WITH SMALL CELLULOID

3- MILNER NORTH DAKOTA OLD SETTLERS SOUVENIR BADGE

4. HAT WITH NAME INKED ON INNER TAG (OLSTAD,C.)

HAT A LITTLE BEAT UP BUT DISPALYS NICELY

THE 1ST ND SAW 17 MONTHS OF SERVICE DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
North Dakota’s troops were sent to the Philippines. They arrived during a typhoon on July 31. On August 13, the soldiers participated in a battle to capture Manila, the capital city, from the Spanish.