United States. A West Indies Naval Campaign Medal (AKA Sampson Medal), Un-named for the U.S.S. Brooklyn Auction Instituted on 28 March 1867

Instituted on 28 March 1867

the panels are rolled up and secured in place with two black bakelite buttons on the right panel meeting two reinforced buttonholes on the left

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on a blue felt base

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United States. A West Indies Naval Campaign Medal (AKA Sampson Medal), Un-named for the U.S.S. Brooklyn Auction Instituted on 28 March 18673 Clasps SANTIAGO (all three). In bronze, un named, the SANTIAGO clasps undated on their reverses, measuring 38. 5 mm in diameter, suspended from a 41 mm (w) x 9 mm (h) bar hanger (brooch) inscribed "U. S. S. BROOKLYN" with pinback, very light contact, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnotes: 1. The Sampson Medal was a U. S. Navy campaign medal. The medal was authorized by a Joint resolution of the United States Congress on March 3, 1901. The