Great, thank you sprprops. It was one of those items which gave off red flags which I couldn't put to words.         

I saw this answer on Reddit and thought it was the most plain speak:   1. Market price: I own this item and I need cash for it right now. I'll go to an antique dealer and sell it to them. This is the lowest price, but also the price that many of the appraisers are giving on Roadshow.   2. Auction price: I'm interested in selling this item. I'll do so at auction. OR: I'm looking for something vaguely like this. Let me go to an auction and see if there is anything [in vague generally category] that meets my needs that I can bid on. This is a middle price. Also, keep in mind this is really two different prices, one for the buyer and one for the seller, since the auction house also takes a cut/charges fees.   3. Insurance value: I really want a an autographed Babe Ruth rookie card. And I want it now. I need to find someone who has one and offer them enough money to part with it. This is the insurance price, since the goal of insurance is to be able to, reasonably quickly, put you back in the position you were in before. This will be the highest of the prices.

Your July 5 Cardenas Amphitrite medal is authentic, except for being reribboned.   Phase 2,  same hand as engraved my similar medal to Passed Assistant Engineer David  Jenkins, a nice example of an original ribboned medal  and case.      If you decide to get his service file,  Geoff at Golden Arrow offers a discount for USMF members to scan service files at St. Louis and is competitive with what the NARA bureaucrats charge.  Except with Geoff you know you'll get every page in Nelson's file and color scans, not xerox copies.   Very possibly, one of these two is your man-   Nelson Robert -- [Service Number] 001272396, [Date of Enlistment] 04/27/1898,   or Nelson Robert -- [Service Number] 001865973, [Date of Enlistment] 05/08/1886.    Congrats on getting an uncommon reverse Sampson medal to a ship with a cool story!    And welcome to the USMF, I see you're also in CA.   If you're near Tubby's in Whittier, I'll buy the first round.    You might want to consider this for your library-   https://www.amazon.com/US-Naval-Awards-Spanish-American-War/dp/B0DXCKWPN8  

More on the way 

Not sure what Ray was doing in here but he left a mark, any ideas on this random observation? 

A bit of a bonus, early Carlisle and a big surprise for me was a Tenite (plastic) version. Out of all of the other tins was a very nice copper version with the large Sulfanilamide text hiding among them all. I had a feeling the Tenite type was going to be a pain to find but I guess I got lucky for once. I’m gradually ticking off one of each variant, don’t think I’m far off now. 

Restaurant Defibrillator, King's Lynn, jolly ole' England

A little bit of everything, probably the largest bundle of Carlisle pouches in one place that I’ve come across. Along with an M2 kit and one from a forum member too. A small bunch of other medical bits, and some blades too. 

Can't wait for that! 😂   Wade

Looks good. Nice find!   Wade