Reception of Admiral Dewey Medal, ca.1898 Spanish-American War or Dewey Medal. Reception of Admiral Dewey by the City of New York 1899. Portrait of Dewey in central oval. Reverse with female with triumphant seated on boulder at right, battleship is distant sea. Signed RL under 1899 date on reverse. 35mm Copper. Almost Uncirculated with the lightest box rub on Dewey's mustache, verdigris on most of the reverse.
Estimate: 100-200