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| rdfs:comment | - The Sampson Medal was first authorized by a Joint resolution of the United States Congress on March 3, 1901. The resolution authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have produced bronze medals to commemorate naval engagements in the West Indies and on the shores of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The medal was to be presented to the officers and men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps who participated in engagements and battles that were deemed to be of sufficient importance to merit their commemoration.
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| Name | - Sampson Medal
- West Indies Naval Campaign Medal
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| Type | - Campaign or commemorative medal
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| Caption | - Sampson Medal ribbon
- The Sampson Medal
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| eligibility | - Personnel who were assigned in the fleet of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson during the Spanish–American War
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| for | - Combat operations in the waters of the West Indies and Cuba.
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| abstract | - The Sampson Medal was first authorized by a Joint resolution of the United States Congress on March 3, 1901. The resolution authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have produced bronze medals to commemorate naval engagements in the West Indies and on the shores of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The medal was to be presented to the officers and men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps who participated in engagements and battles that were deemed to be of sufficient importance to merit their commemoration. The resolution also stipulated that those who might be eligible for recognition for participation in more than one engagement would not receive a second medal, but would receive a "bronze bar bronze bar appropriately inscribed, to be attached to the ribbon by which the medal is suspended."
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