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World War I Victory Medal (United States)
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For other uses, see
Victory Medal
.
World War I Victory Medal
Type
Medal
Awarded for
"service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, or with either of the following
expeditions
:
American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia
between November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919.
American Expeditionary Forces Siberia
between November 23, 1918, and April 1, 1920."
Description
A
medal
of
bronze
36 millimeters in diameter. On the
obverse
is a winged
Victory
standing full length and full face. On the reverse is the inscription
The Great War for Civilization
and the
coat of arms for the United States
surmounted by a
fasces
, and on either side the names of the
Allied and Associated Nations
. The medal is suspended by a
ring
from a
silk
moire
ribbon
1 3/8 inches in length and 36 millimeters in width, composed of two
rainbows
placed in
juxtaposition
and having the red in the middle, with a white thread along each edge.
Presented by
Department of War
and
Department of the Navy
Eligibility
Military personnel only
Motto
The Great War for Civilization
Status
Obsolete
Established
1919
; 102 years ago
Service ribbon
and
campaign streamer
Precedence
Next (higher)
Mexican Border Service Medal
Next (lower)
Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
The
World War I Victory Medal
(originally known as the
Victory Medal
) was a
United States
World War I
service medal
designed by
James Earle Fraser
.
[1]
Award of a common
allied
service medal was recommended by an inter-allied committee in March 1919.
[2]
Each allied nation would design a 'Victory Medal' for award to their military personnel, all issues having certain common features, including a winged figure of
victory
on the obverse and the same ribbon.
[3]
The Victory Medal was originally intended to be established by an
act of Congress
. The
bill
authorizing the medal never passed, however, thus leaving the military departments to establish it through
general orders
. The
War Department
published orders in April 1919, and the
Navy
in June of the same year.
[4]
Criteria
[
edit
]
The Victory Medal was awarded to military personnel for service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, or with either of the following
expeditions
:
American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia
between November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919.
American Expeditionary Forces Siberia
between November 23, 1918, and April 1, 1920.
[5]
Design
[
edit
]
The front of the bronze medal features a
winged Victory
holding a shield and sword on the front. The back of the bronze medal features "The Great War For Civilization" in all capital letters curved along the top of the medal. Curved along the bottom of the back of the medal are six stars, three on either side of the center column of seven staffs wrapped in a cord. The top of the staff has a round ball on top and is winged on the side. The staff is on top of a shield that says "U" on the left side of the staff and "S" on the right side of the staff. On left side of the staff it lists one
World War I Allied
country per line:
France
,
Italy
,
Serbia
,
Japan
,
Montenegro
,
Russia
, and
Greece
. On the right side of the staff the Allied country names read:
Great Britain
,
Belgium
,
Brazil
,
Portugal
,
Rumania
(spelled with a U instead of an O as it is spelled now), and
China
.
Devices
[
edit
]
To denote battle participation and campaign credit, the World War I Victory Medal was authorized with a large variety of devices to denote specific accomplishments. In order of seniority, the devices authorized to the World War I Victory Medal were as follows:
Citation Star
[
edit
]
The
Citation Star
to the World War I Victory Medal was authorized by the United States Congress on February 4, 1919.
[6]
A
3
⁄
16
inch silver star was authorized to be worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal for any member of the U.S. Army who had been cited for gallantry in action between 1917 and 1920. In 1932, the Citation Star ("Silver Star") was redesigned and renamed the
Silver Star Medal
and, upon application to the
United States War Department
, any holder of the Silver Star Citation could have it converted to a Silver Star medal.