Editing Spanish–American War (section)

==Military decorations==
[[File:Spainc.gif|thumb|upright=1.6|US Army "War with Spain" campaign streamer]]

===United States===
The United States awards and decorations of the Spanish–American War were as follows:

====Wartime service and honors====
* [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Specially Meritorious Service Medal]]
* [[Spanish Campaign Medal]]—upgradeable to include the [[Silver Citation Star]] to recognize those U.S. Army members who had performed individual acts of heroism
* [[West Indies Campaign Medal]]
* [[Sampson Medal]], West Indies service under Admiral [[William T. Sampson]]
* [[Dewey Medal]], service during the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] under Admiral [[George Dewey]]
* [[Spanish War Service Medal]], U.S. Army homeland service

====Postwar occupation service====
* [[Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal]]
* [[Army of Cuban Occupation Medal]]

===Spain===
[[File:Crossofmerit.jpg|thumb|305x305px|Cross of Military Merit for Combat in Cuba]]
* Army [[Cross of Military Merit]]/Cruces del Mérito Militar—Spain issued two Crosses of Military Merit including one for fighters with a red badge and a red ribbon with a white stripe, and one for non-fighters with a white badge and a white ribbon with a red stripe. An example of the Silver Cross of Military Merit with the red emblem for fighters was issued on July 18 of 1898 for good behavior on the 11th of May in defense of the fortress of [[Castillo de Jagua|El Faro and the Pueblo de Jagua]] on May 11 in the [[Battle of Cienfuegos]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vázquez-Losada|first=José|date=June 29, 1904|title=Registro de Servicio Militar|journal=The Chief Commander of the Infantry Regiment, Montforte Reserves N0 110}}</ref>
* Army Operations Medal/Medalla Para Ejercito de Operaciones, Cuba<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Carrasco Garcia|first=Antonio|title=En Guerra Con Estados Unidos, Cuba 1898|publisher=Almena Ediciones|year=1998|isbn=849226442X|chapter=Documento Gráfico}}</ref>
* Medal for Volunteers/Medalla Para Los Voluntarios, Cuban Campaign, 1895–1898<ref name=":4" />
* Army Operations Medal for Valor, Discipline and Loyalty, Philippines, 1896–1898<ref name=":4" />
* Army Medal for Volunteers/Medalla Para Los Voluntarios, Philippines, Luzon Campaign, 1896–1897<ref name=":4" />

===Other countries===
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The governments of Spain and Cuba issued a wide variety of military awards to honor Spanish, Cuban, and Philippine soldiers who had served in the conflict.