United States: A documented Great War, Haiti & China (Yangtze) campaign medal group of 4: Commander Robert Henry Snowden, Medical Corps, United States Navy

- United States: Navy Expeditionary Medal
- United States: World War I Victory Medal. No clasp.
- USA: Haitian Campaign Medal 1919-1920. United States Navy
- United States: Yangtze Service Medal (M.No. 8633)

Maker marks: The Haiti campaign medal with 'The Whitehead & Hoag Co Newark N.J.' maker marks on reverse of the 'Wrap Brooch'

Note: First three medals un-numbered and un-marked, exactly as issued. The USN issues of these medals never being issued numbered

Important: All medals fitted with original silk corded ribands, and all complete with their 'full-wrap' mounting bars, with hinged pins and intricate drop lock clasps, as issued

Sold together with:

- The original named and dated medal transmittal letters for the Victory & Haitian campaign medals

- A two space riband bar for the Victory & Haitian campaign medals (the fist medals to be issued to the recipient - the Haiti riband having makers marks for 'Meyer Mfg Newhaven' on reverse

- White metal named 'Identity Disc' (R.H. Snowden, Asst Surg. U.S.N. 6-21-17)

Robert Henry Snowden, eldest son of Robert Snowden (Carpenter Buildings) & Annie C. Snowden, was a native of, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, where he was born in 1891. Commander Snowden, United States Navy, is recorded as having died on, 2 April 1938. He was subsequently laid to rest and buried in his home town of Memphis. At the time of his death Commander Snowden was 46 years of age

From on-line resources p primarily the Navy Department's 'U.S., Navy and Marine Corps Registries, 1814-1992' we are below summarising 'most' of Commander Snowden's posting, that include overseas deployments in Haiti (medals), Phillipines & China (medal), and ocean going postings on U.S.S. Pakota (a replenishment oiler made famous as a tender for the airships Shenandoah (ZR-1), Los Angeles (ZR-3) and Akron (ZRS-4), & U.S.S. Mississippi (New Mexico Class Battleship). Much of his service was assigned as a Medical Corps officer at US Navy & US Marine Corps recruiting stations, and of considerable interest his very early postings during Great War attached to the famous early naval aviation corps (Yale University Corps)

- 1917: Lt, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Temporary Duties
- 1917: Lt, Aeronautic Station Huntington Bay, & Yale University
- 1917: Assistant Surgeon, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL
- 1918: Assistant Surgeon, Office of Commander, Boston, MA
- 1919: Lt, Aeronautic Station Huntington Bay, & Yale University
- 1919: Lt, First Provisional Bde, Haiti (HQ, Port Au Prince, Haiti)
- 1920: Lieutenant, American Expeditionary Force, Haiti, 2nd Marines
- 1921: Lt, 1st Provisional Marines Brigade, HQ, Cape Haitian, Haiti
- 1922: Lieutenant, Recruiting Division, Raleigh, NC
- 1922: Lieutenant, Marine Recruiting Station, Memphis, TN
- 1923: Lieutenant, Marine Recruiting Station, Memphis, TN
- 1924: Lieutenant, Marine Recruiting Station, Memphis, TN
- 1925: Lieutenant, Marine Recruiting Station, Memphis, TN
- 1926: Lieutenant Commander, Ships Roster of USS Patoka
- 1927: Lt Cdr, Southern Recruiting Division, Houston, TX
- 1928: Lt Cdr, Southern Recruiting Division, Houston, TX
- 1929: Lt Cdr, Southern Recruiting Division, Houston, TX
- 1930: Lt Cdr, Naval Station, Medical Department, Cavite, Philippines
- 1931: Lt Cdr, Regtl Surgeon & Sanitary Officer, 4th Marines China
- 1932: Lt Cdr, Fourth Marines, M.C.E.F., China
- 1932: Lt Cdr, Fourth Regt U.S. Marines, Shanghai, China
- 1933: Lt. Commander, Norfolk Naval Hospital. Portsmouth, VA
- 1934: Lt. Commander, Norfolk Naval Hospital. Portsmouth, VA
- 1936: Commander, Norfolk Naval Hospital. Portsmouth, VA
- 1937: Cdr, Cruiser Division & Scouting Force USS Mississippi

The first medals to be awarded to the recipient were the Victory Medal (awarded 17 November 1921) & Haitian Campaign Medal (awarded 3 August 1922). The Navy Expeditionary Medal was only instituted on and could be awarded retrospectively, the medal having precedence in the order of wear over before the Victory Medal. In the case of the Navy Expeditionary Medal awarded retrospectively to Robert Snowden, it was for his service in Haiti. The Yangtse Medal was instituted in 1930 for presentation to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (and to a lesser extent, members of the United States Army). The Yangtze Service Medal was awarded for service in the Yangtze River Valley between the dates of September 3, 1926 and December 31, 1932, a period of significant unrest in the region. The decoration may also be awarded for those military service members who served on permanent duty in Shanghai, China, provided such service was in direct support of landing operations in the Yangtze River Valley (e.g. Nanking incident of 1927). The Yangtze Service Medal was declared obsolete in 1940 when it was replaced by the China Service Medal

A superb and scarce seen United States Navy Medical Corps Officer's group including Haitian and Yangtze service with 4th 'China Marines' of the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, Shanghai, China

Condition: Medals EF

Code: 21027