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A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to a foreign region or service in a combat zone.
The American Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942, by Executive Order 9265 issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The medal was intended to recognize those military members who had performed military service in the American Theater of Operations during ...
Philippine Campaign Medal; Philippine Congressional Medal; Public Health Service COVID-19 Pandemic Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Ebola Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Global Health Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Smallpox Eradication Campaign Ribbon
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
There is a direct relationship between U.S. campaign streamers and the medal that a campaign represents. The streamer represents the unit's participation in a campaign and the medal represents an individual's participation in that campaign (U.S. Army – some differences for the U.S. Navy).
The first recognized medals of the U.S. Army appeared during the American Civil War and were generally issued by local commanders on an unofficial basis. The Medal of Honor was the first award to be established in regulations as a permanent Army decoration, complete with benefits. The Medal of Honor is the only Civil War era award which has ...
British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal , for homeland defence in World War II, and the Atlantic Star for World War II sea service in the Atlantic.
Marksmanship Medal; Marksmanship ribbon; Massachusetts Medal of Liberty; Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Meritorious Unit Commendation; Military decorations of the Cold War; Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal