United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Stempel)

(Luftwaffe Stempel)

Alice Walker of Hyson Green

with some black thread remaining on interior from having been sewn to tunic

overall measuring 60 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) x 15 mm (h)

Bond to deliver an important despatch

United States. a Battle of Manila Bay Medal (Dewey Medal) 1898, Ordinary Seaman James Vaughan, USS Raleigh certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Stempel)In 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,