The Dewey Medal was a one-time only decoration. It consists of a circular medallion inscribed front and back, with a profile if Dewey on the front and a sailor sitting on a gun on the back. It is suspended by a blue and gold ribbon.
Admiral Dewey also received one, but through modesty always wore it with the sailor's picture on it. Dewey is one of only four Americans entitled to wear a medal with their mage on it. The other three are Rear Admiral William T. Sampson (Sampson Medal for his victory at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War), Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1st and 2nd Byrd Expeditions to Antarctica) and General of the Armies John J. Pershing.
The Dewey Medal is one of the few United States military awards to have fewer recipients than the Medal of Honor.. Only 1,825 medals were struck, each machine engraved to the recipient with his name, rate(enlisted) or rank (officer).
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