Watch List notes:

United States of America, Spanish-American War. U.S.S. Olympia & Battle of Manila Bay 60th Anniversary Commemorative CU Medal. Struck from metal from the propeller of the vessel, 1958. Starboard-bow view of the protected cruiser USS Olympia, YOU MAY FIRE WHEN YOU ARE READY, GRIDLEY above, U. S. S. OLYMPIA below / MADE FROM PROPELLER OF ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP WHICH SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY in four lines across field, four-bladed propeller above, date of battle below, small maker's mark to lower right. Cf. Royal Museums Greenwich Collection, Object ID: MEC2549. 13.68g, 32mm, 12h.

Near Mint State.

From a private British collection.