Civil War Campaign Medal information

The Civil War Campaign Medal is considered the first campaign service medal of the United States Armed Forces. The decoration was awarded to members of...

The American Campaign Medal was issued as a service ribbon only during the Second World War, and was not issued as a full-sized medal until 1947. The...

Campaign Medal is a medal of the United States Armed Forces which was created to denote service of U.S. military men in the Philippine–American War between...

British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples...

The Indian Campaign Medal is a decoration established by War Department General Orders 12, 1907. The medal was retroactively awarded to any soldier of...

served in the Spanish–American War. Although a single decoration, there were two versions of the Spanish Campaign Medal, one for men of the United States...

The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men and women of British and Imperial forces for service...

A medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal. It most commonly indicates...

organized by campaign and theater, see the list below: Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Trans-Mississippi...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

numbers of unofficial medals were privately issued to members of the Armed Forces of the United States for many years after the Civil War, mostly to commemorate...

Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was awarded for service during operations in Nicaragua from 1926 to 1933, during the Nicaraguan civil war and the subsequent...

In 1905, with the creation of the Civil War Campaign Medal, the Gillmore Medal was declared obsolete. One such medal was awarded to Albert York (commanding...

soldiers for 7 different actions of the campaign. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War in 1862. It was, and to-date is, the highest...

States entered World War I. Those who received the Mexican Service Medal were not eligible for the Mexican Border Service Medal. The first recipient was...

by General Orders of the United States War Department on December 12, 1917. The Navy's Mexican Service Medal was established by Navy Department General...

combat — the Medal of Honor. He distinguished himself, during the South Atlantic Blockade, by the Union Naval forces, during the American Civil War. Ortega...

prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state, Virginia held the state convention...

A similar medal, known as the American Campaign Medal, was established in 1942, for service in the American Theater during the World War II era. The...

Vietnamese government (1955–75). The medal was created on May 12, 1964 during the Vietnam War. The Civil Actions Medal was awarded to the South Vietnamese...

The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member...