United States Marine Corps Dominican Campaign Medal, an American campaign medal established on 29 December 1921 to recognise eligible United States Marine Corps personnel who served during the American intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1916. The medal commemorates operations in Santo Domingo between 5 May and 4 December 1916, when American forces occupied parts of the country amid political instability and unrest. Eligibility extended to qualifying Marines who served ashore in the Dominican Republic, as well as personnel attached to designated United States Navy vessels during the prescribed dates.
The bronze medal was designed by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman. The obverse depicts a fortress with the inscription “DOMINICAN CAMPAIGN” and the date “1916”. The reverse bears the inscription “UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS” and the words “FOR SERVICE”, identifying the branch of service for which the medal was issued. The medal is suspended from a red ribbon with two narrow dark blue stripes near the centre. This decoration is an example of the early twentieth-century United States campaign medal series and is of interest to collectors of Marine Corps insignia, American intervention-era militaria and United States military decorations.
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