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Award
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
Obverse
Type
Medal
Awarded for
Land on foreign territory, engage in operations against armed opposition, or who operate under circumstances deemed to merit special recognition and for which no campaign medal has been awarded.
Presented by
the Department of the Navy[1]
Eligibility
Officers and enlisted members of the US Marine Corps
Clasps
Wake Island
Status
Currently Awarded
Established
8 May 1919
First awarded
Panama 1873 (retroactive)
Service ribbon and streamer
Precedence
Next (higher)
Marine Corps Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal Navy – Fleet Marine Force Ribbon
Equivalent
Navy – Navy Expeditionary Medal
Next (lower)
China Service Medal
Related
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon
The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is a military award of the United States Marine Corps. It was established on 8 May 1919 as the Marine Corps Expeditionary Ribbon. A full-sized medal was authorized on 1 March 1921.[2] The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is therefore one of the oldest medals of the United States military which is still issued to active duty personnel.
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^Kerrigan, Evans E. (1964). "Expeditionary Medals". American War Medals and Decorations. New York: The Viking Press. p. 105. OCLC 702555627.
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