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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: "MANZANILLO JUNE 30". Inscription on edge: "CHARLES J. HENLEY, 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: [2 Bars] "MANZANILLO" and "U.S.S. HORNET".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0713 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Spanish-American War, 1898 |
| Vessels: | Hornet, fl.1898 (USS) |
| Date made: | 1898 |
| People: | Sampson, William Thomas; Henley, Charles Jfl |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 39 mm |
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