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

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San Juan, Puerto Rico, bronze medal with red-and-blue ribbon, 1898, U.S. Naval Campaign in the West
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, bronze medal with red-and-blue ribbon, 1898, U.S. Naval Campaign in the West Indies (Spanish American War), Commander in Chief Sampson, with U.S.S. AMPHITRITE on bronze bar above the ribbon, in original presentation box, rare. 39mm, 33.38 grams. Phase II Sampson medal (bust of Rear Admiral William E. Sampson on obverse, naval soldiers on reverse, SAN JUAN, P.R. / MAY 12 in exergue), the edge engraved with JAMES LOGAN, F.1C (the seaman to whom this medal was originally presented), bold AU with original color, the ribbon in tatters and the box well worn, but all intact. The U.S.S. Amphitrite was among several ships that bombarded San Juan three times on May 12, 1898. Rare Spanish American War medals like this one are highly regarded; see our Auction #12 for a similar one sold for $1,534. Accompanied by research papers on the ship and its crew.