United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh certificate_of_authenticity 28th Division/104 MTCL

28th Division/104 MTCL

gliders were replaced by helicopters by 1949

silver hallmark “S” at the six o-clock arm of the cross

Bond to deliver an important despatch

Frederik VIII (1906-1912)

United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh certificate_of_authenticity 28th Division/104 MTCLIn 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,