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Specially Meritorious Service Medal 1898
Uniface cross pattee with a medallion in the centre bearing an anchor within a wreath of oak and laurel. Obverse: Legend: "U.S.NAVAL CAMPAIGN WEST INDIES". Inscription on arms: 'SPECIALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE 1898". Reverse: Inscription: "JOHN HILL, FIREMAN FIRST CLASS. RESCUING CREWS FROM AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BURNING SHIPS AFTER THE BATTLE OFF SANTIAGO CUBA JULY 3RD 1898".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0719 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Spanish-American War: Battle of Santiago, 1898 |
| Date made: | 1901 |
| People: | Hill, John, fl.1898 (Fireman 1st Class) |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 31 mm |