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2. Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces

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   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 ...

3. Military Cross - Wikipedia

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   The Military Cross was designed by Henry Farnham Burke, [16] [17] while its ribbon was created by Victoria Ponsonby, Baroness Sysonby. [17] In the Medal Yearbook 2015 it is described as follows: [18] 46 mm maximum height, 44 mm maximum width. Ornamental silver cross with straight arms terminating in broad finials, suspended from a plain ...

4. Distinguished Service Cross (United States) - Wikipedia

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   The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...

5. Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States ...

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   Since 1956, and 2010, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Silver Star Medal may also be awarded by the Coast Guard. [ 6 ] In the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. Armed Forces created the Meritorious Service Medal , and several campaign medals and service awards , all of which may be awarded by any service branch.

6. List of military decorations - Wikipedia

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   This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...

7. Awards and decorations of the United States government

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   Certain U.S. government awards may also be issued to military personnel of the United States Armed Forces and be worn in conjunction with awards and decorations of the United States military. In order of precedence, those U.S. non-military awards and decorations authorized for wear are worn after U.S. military personal decorations and unit ...