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West Indies Naval Campaign Medal 1898
Obverse: Bust of Admiral Sampson in uniform (L) Legend: "U.S. NAVAL CAMPAIGN. WEST INDIES 1898". Inscription: "WILLIAM T. SAMPSON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF". Reverse: Three men standing on deck, an officer (C) a sailor firing a gun (L) another armed with a rifle (R); ships in distance. Exergue: "SANTIAGO DE CUBA MAY 18". Inscription on edge: "C McELROY, F." Fitted with a ring a ribbon of equal stripes of red, blue, red, suspended from brooch pin inscribed with the name of a ship. Inscription: "U.S.S. ST.LOUIS".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0714 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Spanish-American War, 1898 |
| Vessels: | St. Louis, fl.1898 (USS) |
| Date made: | 1898 |
| People: | Sampson, William Thomas; McElroy, C. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 39 mm |