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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostDutchman, post: 1124597, member: 16994&quot;]<b>Help with Spanish American War(?) Piece.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hey gang! </p><p><br /></p><p>This crossed my desk this morning and with a little research I am finding some interesting things about this piece... but I&#039;m not sure what it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]113698.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]113697.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to originally have been mounted on something... plaque... trophy... something else. The front looks to be from the Expositions Universelles in Paris. I would think this is from the 1867 expo and not the 1900... but it is possible. Ok, nothing out of the ordinary there. </p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription on the reverse is what possibly makes this piece historically significant. The Almirante Oquendo was a Spanish ship that was run aground on July 3rd 1898 in Santiago harbor Cuba after fighting the Americans in the Spanish American war. </p><p><br /></p><p>Read More Here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cruiser_Almirante_Oquendo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cruiser_Almirante_Oquendo" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cruiser_Almirante_Oquendo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that this small plaque was on something that was on this ship??? How are these 2 events that seem unrelated related? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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