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...

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...

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...

The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal was a United States military award of the Second World War, which was awarded to any member of the United States Armed...

Africa and the Middle East) during the years of the Second World War. The EAME Campaign Medal was initially established by Executive Order 9265, dated 6 November...

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

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

alphabetical list (A to F) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing or saving regimental...

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...

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...

The Defence Medal is a campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945, to be awarded to citizens of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational...

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...

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...

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...

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")...

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...

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

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...

Infantry during the American Civil War. When his division was routed during the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of June to July 1862, he...

soldiers for seven 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...

Occupation of Germany Medal was established by Public Law 322, 77th United States Congress on November 21, 1941, and announced in War Department Bulletin...

forces would be called to service. Although United States service medals of the World Wars have also been declared obsolete by the U.S. military, many may...

alphabetical list (M to P) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing or saving regimental...

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...

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

Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle...

service medals: World War I Victory Medal Civil War Campaign Medal Indian Campaign Medal Spanish Campaign Medal Philippine Campaign Medal China Campaign Medal...

The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal. The award of a common...