In the first issue (to see this version, click
here) of this medal, the pendant and ribbon were suspended from
bronze engagement bars with the bar with the name of the ship upon which
the recipient served being the top bar. In 1908, the suspension
ribbon was attached directly to the ship bar and campaign or engagement
bars were clasped to the ribbon.
This paticular second issue style Sampson medal was awarded to Micheal
Haley when he served a an Oiler on the USS
Indiana during the Battle of Santiago,
July 3, 1898 off the coast of Cuba.