campaign medal
A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to a foreign region or service in a combat zone.
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• Illustration — Portrait of Hope Grant, 1853. Depicted in the uniform of a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army, Grant is shown wearing three campaign medals Campaign medals were first invented to recognize general military service in war, in contrast to meritorious decorations which were only issued on a small scale for acts of heroism and bravery. The campaign were first issued by the British military with the medal awarded for the defeat of the Invincible Armada, with the 1815 Waterloo Medal being the first awarded to all men present and the 1847 Military General Service Medal being the first "modern" campaign medal.
Campaign medals by country
• Australian campaign medals • British campaign medals • Canadian campaign medals • Malaysian campaign medals • NATO Medal refers to a number of campaign medals • New Zealand campaign medals • Philippines campaign medals • Polish campaign medals • South African campaign medals • South Korean campaign medals • Soviet campaign medals • Spanish campaign medals • Sri Lankan campaign medals • United Nations Medal refers to a number of campaign medals • United States campaign medals are included in Awards and decorations of the United States military
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- 1.Coast Guard Auxiliary RibbonChecker.
- 2.Service and Campaign Awards.
- 3.Campaign and service medals Australian War Memorial.
- 4.Australian Operational Service Medal.
- 5.Australian Service Medal.
- 6.Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility.
- 7.Korean War Medals Veterans Affairs Canada.
- 8.Appendix 2 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Medals.
- 9.Canadian Medals Chart.
- 10.Veterans to wear Malaysia Medal officially for first time.
- 11.KFOR Commander Awards NATO Medals to Multinational Troops for Outstanding Service.
- 12.Campaign Medals - NZ General Service Medal 2002.
- 13.Medal - Philippines Spanish American War Private, Filipinas.
- 14.Honorary decorations.
- 15.Presentation of the Gold Medal of the Polish Army - Poland in Jordan - Gov.pl website.
- 16.Orders and decorations.
- 17.BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE INSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE TSHUMELO IKATELAHO - GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE.
- 18.Korean Defense Service Medal.
- 19.AWARDS AND DECORATIONS ACT.
- 20.ODM of the USSR - Index.
- 21.THE AWARDS OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: A SURVEY IN A BROAD HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
- 22.The Role of Honorary Awards in the Soviet Economic System. 12. 1049-7544.
- 23.Orden DEF/1315/2021, de 23 de noviembre, por la que se establecen las normas y procedimientos sobre la tramitación, concesión, efectos, limitaciones y uso de la medalla de campaña.
- 24.Medals Sri Lanka Army.
- 25.Dag Hammarskjöld Medal.
- 26.United Nations Medals.
- 27.American Campaign Medal.
- 28.U.S. Service (campaign) Medals and Training Ribbons.
- 29.Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
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