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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8193359, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1898 Admiral Dewey&#039;s Victory Medal</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Surrender of Manila</b></font></p><p>Bronze 35 mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434899[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1434900[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Battle of Manila Bay</p><p>Admiral George Dewey and the U.S.S. Olympia of the &quot;Great White Fleet&quot;</p><p>On April 27, 1898, he sailed out from China aboard the USS Olympia with orders to attack the Spanish at Manila Bay. He stopped at the mouth of the bay late the night of April 30, and the following morning he gave the order to attack at first light, by saying the now famous words &quot;You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.&quot; Within six hours, on May 1, he had sunk or captured the entire Spanish Pacific fleet under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón and silenced the shore batteries at Manila, with the loss of only one life on the American side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dewey was promoted to rear admiral in May 1898, and full admiral the following year. Returning to the United States in 1899, he received a hero&#039;s welcome. New York City&#039;s September 1899 welcome-home celebration for Dewey was a two-day parade. Many ribbons, posters, postcards, buttons, souvenir plates, spoons, glassware and medals commemorated this man and his ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434903[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1898 Admiral Dewey&#039;s Flagship Olympia</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Souvenir Medal</b></font></p><p>Bronze 31 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434904[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434905[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a little bit of doubt this medal dates to 1898. Simply because of it being made from the propeller in that year would be unlikely. The USS Olympia did not return to the United States until she arrived in Boston on October 10th 1899.</p><p><br /></p><p>My</p><p><b>1954 Topps Scoop Card</b></p><p><b>No 83</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1434930[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1434931[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and </p><p><b>1954 Bowman Navy Victories</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;No 23</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1434932[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1434933[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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