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1=Medal
of Honor to A.F. Meritorious
Unit Award
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2=Coast
Guard PUC to Spanish War Service-1st
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3=Spanish
War Service to Navy Ceremonial Guard
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4=M.C.
Recruiting to Organization of American States
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5=Chaplain-Medal
of Valor to Portuguese Order of Tower and Sword and NATO
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6=ATTACHMENTS-SEE
NOTES BELOW
7=Streamers,
in order of Mil.Spec number.
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8=Streamers
Notes
from a person of great knowledge in Ribbonology
1=The
5-star Marine Corps Brevet Medal ribbon came from Mel Wolf (of Wolf-Brown)
in the 1940's and is not official.
2=A
new Coast Guard Medal was proposed, the C.G. approved this ribbon;
the slash sheet was printed; vendors manufactured the ribbon
and medals were ordered, the Coast Guard rejected the ribbon and went back
to searching for a new one.
GRACO was one vendor who made the ribbon. They also made up some
medals.
3=The
Army Medical Unit Streamer Spes Sheet-306B- shows both ribbon and Streamer
ribbon and inadvertently manufactured in ribbon form,
the ribbon exist as an error.
4=The
difference between the old and new versions of the Dewey (Manila Bay) Medal
was the sewn edge, NOT the height of the ribbon.
5=The
Bailey Medal was for good seamanship and is NOT a campaign medal.
6=The
U. S. COAST GUARD bar was affixed permanently to the USCG Good Conduct
Medal and is not a device, attachment or appurtenance of
any kind, also the KOREA bar. It was affixed permanently to the United
Nations Korean Service Medal and is also not a device,
attachment or appurtenance, though it exisits as one.
6a=I
have copies of these Bars in my collection as seperate devices and this
is why they are included, am told by a very, very good source that they
are not Official.
7=The
DOMINICAN Cpn. (UNOFFICIAL) and the PERSIAN GULF Cpn. (UNOFFICIAL) are
included as reference only for those who may run across them.
Awards which do not have a symmetrical color
design, or which have stars as part of the design, will be worn as follows:
a. Medal of Honor- The stars
will form an "M" with the single ray of all stars pointing up.
b. Navy and Marine Corps
Medal- The blue stripe will be to the wearer's right.
c. Presidential Unit Citation-
The blue stripe will be uppermost.
d. Merchant Marine Mariner's
Medal- Blue stripe will be to the wearer's right.
e. World War II Theater/Campaign
Medals- The blue stripe in the center will be to the wearer's right.
f. Navy Occupation Service
Medal- Black stripe will be to the wearer's right.
g. Merchant Marine Combat
Medal- The light blue stripe will be uppermost.
h. Philippine Defense Ribbon-
The stars will form a triangle, base down.
i. Philippine Liberation
Ribbon- The blue stripe in the center will be to the wearer's right.
j. Philippine Presidential
Unit Citation- Blue stripe will be to the wearer's right. The ribbon bar
is worn with a gold frame.
k. Korean Presidential Unit
Citation- The red portion of the circular device in the center will be
uppermost; ribbon bar is worn
with a gold frame.
l. Combat Action Ribbon-
The large blue field will be to the wearer's right.
m. Inter-American Defense
Board Medal- The red stripe will be to the wearer's right.
