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There is a multitude of awards and decorations that individuals
who served in the United States military are entitled to wear.
The free issue of these medals has long since passed and
they must be purchased so an agent who merchandises the medal
is listed. The addresses and pricing was current at the time
of the original printing.
Recently the Department of Defense authorized and approved
the manufacture of a number of commemorative medals dealing
with campaigns going back to WWII. This has brought a question
many veterans are currently asking: Can these medals be worn
with my previously awarded medals? The answer is yes, they
may be worn with previously awarded medals. Their order of
precedence is that they follow directly after all other federal
medals and before foreign or state medals.
The Department of Defense received a royalty for the manufacture
of these medals, and the payment of this royalty certainly
indicates approval of the Department of Defense for wearing
these medals. Because most of these medals were authorized
at least 50 years after the action which they commemorate,
no active duty personnel should be affected by this question,
but a number of states have state guards in organized militia
units who are National Guard Reserves. Many of them participated
in these WWII actions and are still in uniform so are eligible
to wear these medals on their uniforms.
The following is an alphabetical listing of each of the medals
listed here. Just click on the name of the medal you are interested
in and you will be taken to the description of that medal.
When you're through, just click back to the top and you'll
return here.
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