campaign medal
Theater participation award
A campaign medal is a military decoration awarded to service members who participated in a specific military operation or served in a particular theater of war.
Unlike medals for individual valor, campaign medals recognize presence and service during a defined period: He wore his Gulf War campaign medal at the reunion.
Most veterans' collections include several.
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- decorationObject adding visual appeal
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- military serviceDuty in armed forces
- active dutyCurrent military employment status
tour of duty · honor · service · valor · bronze · silver · silver star · star · veteran · war · combat · combat zone · deployment · ceremony · pinned · chest · dress uniform · uniform
- medalsservice award, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, Iron Cross, Purple Heart
- HonoursVictoria Cross, Order of the Garter, knighthood, damehood, OBE
- military honorsPurple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, Victoria Cross
- honorsaward, trophy, certificate, prize, ribbon
- Brazilian Orders
campaign medalMedal of Honor
Peak military valor recognition
Victoria Cross · valor medal · Navy Cross · Silver Star · Purple Heart
campaign medaldishonorable discharge
Punitive military separation
court-martial · demotion · dishonor · disgrace · reprimand
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