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: "CIENFUEGOS MAY 11" Inscription on edge: "WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, LDS." 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. NASHVILLE".

Object Details

ID: MED0711
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Events: Spanish-American War, 1898
Vessels: Nashville, fl.1898 (USS)
Date made: 1898
People: Sampson, William Thomas; Crowley, William J.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 39 mm