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Spanish Campaign Medal - Navy
Criteria: The Spanish Campaign Medal is a military award of the United
States Armed Forces recognizing those U.S. military personnel having
served in the Spanish-American War. Although a single decoration, there
were two versions of the Spanish Campaign Medal, one for members of the United States Army and another for the forces of the U.S. Navy and
United States Marine Corps. The Navy and Marine Corps version of the
Spanish Campaign Medal was created in June 1908 and was awarded to
Navy or Marine Corps personnel having served in the Philippine Islands
between the dates of May 1 and August 16, 1898. For service in the West
Indies, the Navy awarded the West Indies Campaign Medal as well as an unofficial decoration known as the Sampson Medal. In 1913, the navy discontinued the award of the West Indies Campaign Medal and extended
the criteria of the Spanish Campaign Medal to any member of the Navy or
Marine Corps who had served on active duty during the Spanish American
War. Early versions of the Spanish Campaign Medal suspended the metal
from a gold and red ribbon, but this design was changed in 1913 upon request from Spain that a United States service medal not bear the colors of the
Spanish nation. The new medal was suspended from a blue and yellow
ribbon. Separate medallions existed for both the Navy and Army. Marine
Corps recipients received the Navy version with the seal of the United
States Marine Corps on the reverse of the medal. |
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