Lot of (7) Military and Paramilitary Badges and Medals Awarded to a Chief Boatswain's Mate, 1890s to 1910s.

Included are: U.S. Navy Good Conduct Medal, V-144, B-9, issued to John Ross (as are the other named medals in this lot) while serving on the U.S.S. New Orleans in 1905, additional bars for the Alabama, the West Virginia and the Saratoga ;; Sampson Medal, B-20, with fourth reverse (Santiago de Cuba May 31), with the U.S.S. New Orleans ship bar and 3 SANTIAGO bars (June 6, 14 and 16); Navy Philippine Campaign medal, B-31, numbered 1475 and with Ross's name and ship U.S.S. Princeton on the edge; Naval West Indies campaign medal, B-35, with name, number and ship ( New Orleans ); Ross's un-named World War I Victory medal, B-47, with unusual ESCORT bar. Also included are (2) post-war badges: the New York State World War I Service medal, Vernon-478, named, and an un-named United Spanish American War Veterans badge. All are Very Fine or better. A very large and rare assemblage. This is a must see, sold as is, no return lot .