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2. Legion of Merit - Wikipedia

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   A miniature of the decoration in silver on a horizontal silver bar is worn on the service ribbon. The neck ribbon for the degree of Commander is 1 + 15 ⁄ 16 inches (49 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes: 1 ⁄ 16 inch (1.6 mm) white 67101; center 1 + 13 ⁄ 16 inches (46 mm) crimson and 1 ⁄ 16 inch (1.6 mm) white.

3. Necklet - Wikipedia

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   Commander's cross of the Legion of Honour worn on a ribbon. A necklet is a type of decoration which is designed to be worn and displayed around a person's neck, rather than hung (draped) from the chest as is the standard practice for displaying most decorations. In the Middle Ages most order's insignias were worn on a collar – see livery collar.

4. Secretary of the Army Award for Valor - Wikipedia

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   This award has a neck drape or neck ribbon, similar to that of the Medal of Honor, and therefore is worn by the recipient in formal attire around the neck as the Medal of Honor. These are two of the four U.S. awards that are authorized a neck ribbon, the other ones being the commander-degree Legion of Merit and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

5. Medal of Honor - Wikipedia

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   The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces ' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. [ 1 ][ 12 ] The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States (the commander in ...

6. Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military

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   Order of the Liberator General San Martin; Order of May in Military Merit; Argentinian decorations are only rarely awarded to senior US officers, most of those senior U.S. officers have been in the United States Southern Command & United States Southern Command Air Forces Commander usually as "end-of-tour" decorations.

7. Cross of Honour of the German Mother - Wikipedia

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   The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (‹See Tfd› German: Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter), referred to colloquially as the Mutterehrenkreuz (Mother's Cross of Honour) or simply Mutterkreuz (Mother's Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of Nazi Germany [1] [2] to honour a German-citizen mother for exceptional merit to the German nation.