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San Juan, Puerto Rico, bronze medal with red-and-blue ribbon, 1898, U.S. Naval Campaign West Indies

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San Juan, Puerto Rico, bronze medal with red-and-blue ribbon, 1898, U.S. Naval Campaign West Indies
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, bronze medal with red-and-blue ribbon, 1898, U.S. Naval Campaign West Indies (Spanish American War), Commander in Chief Sampson, with U.S.S. YOSEMITE on bronze bar above the ribbon. 39mm; 35.9 grams total. Bust of William E. Sampson on obverse, naval soldiers on reverse, SAN JUAN, P.R. / JUNE 28 in exergue, edge engraved (straight up and down) with WM. B. STRATTON Q.M 3C (Quarter Master Petty Officer 3rd Class), the seaman to whom this medal was originally presented. Dark XF. On June 16-17, 1898, the USS Yosemite was assigned to intercept the Spanish vessel Purissima Concepcion but failed amid controversy. Rare