United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh United Republic of period ribbon with pinback

period ribbon with pinback

The belt is composed of two pieces of thin smooth-finished black leather stitched end-to-end

the area between the clouds and the red ring in black enamels

in order to fly Graf Zeppelin around the world

74 mm x 74 mm

United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh United Republic of period ribbon with pinbackIn bronze, struck by Tiffany & Company, impressed "JAMES VAUGHAN. ORDINARY SEAMAN" on the edge, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Commodore George Dewey, surrounded by text inscribed "THE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ASIATIC SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY", with a wreathed anchor to the right, engraver marked "D. C. FRENCH 1898" (sculptor Daniel C. French) below the bust,