contact with the enemy, it may be considered a forerunner to the present-day Navy and Marine Corps Medal. The decoration is a bronze cross pattee, with an anchor in its center encircled by a wreath of oak and laurel and the inscription "U.S. Naval Campaign West Indies". The arms of the cross are inscribed "Specially Meritorious Service 1898", and it is suspended from a bright red ribbon. Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal Originally authorized in 1919 as a ribbon-only award. The medal was authorized in 1929, three years after Waller's death. It is not known if his survivors received the medal posthumously. At the time, numerals were worn on the ribbon to show total awards. Waller was authorized the ribbon with numeral "4" in recognition of the following service: Egypt, 1882 Panama, 1903–04 Cuba, 1911–12 Haiti, 1916–17 Sampson Medal Properly speaking, the "Commemorative Medal for Naval Engagements in the West Indies", it took its popular name from the fact that its obverse shows a portrait of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. The ribbon, red with a wide central blue stripe, is suspended from a bronze pin bearing the name of the ship on which the individual served. Bronze bars are pinned to the front of the ribbon for each engagement with the enemy. No attachments were worn on the ribbon bar. Waller's medal had a ship's pin inscribed "USS Indiana", and four engagement bars - "San Juan Porto Rico", for the occupation of that city, and three bars inscribed "Santiago", for the siege, for the great battle of July 3, 1898, and for the occupation of the city. It was awarded in 1901. Spanish Campaign Medal Awarded to all members of the Navy and Marine Corps who served between 20 April and 10 December 1898. Philippine Campaign Medal For service ashore in the Philippine Islands between 4 February 1899 and 4 July 1902. China Relief Expedition Medal For service ashore in China between 24 May 1900 and 27 May 1901. Cuban Pacification Medal For service ashore in Cuba between 12 September 1906 and 1 April 1909. Mexican Service Medal For service at Vera Cruz from 21 April to 23 April 1914. Haitian Campaign Medal For service ashore in Haiti between 9 July and 6 December 1915. World War I Victory Medal For service during the period 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918, both dates inclusive. Photos of Waller, and other