WWII Campaign -Service American Defense Medal+Ribbon+1945 Original Box For Sale

WWII Campaign -Service American Defense Medal+Ribbon+1945 Original Box
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WWII Campaign -Service American Defense Medal+Ribbon+1945 Original Box:
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You are buying the medal, the ribbon, the lapel pin all in original box dated 9/18/1945 --Own HistoryAmerican Defense Service MedalAmerican Defense Service MedalObverseTypeService MedalAwarded forService between 8 September 1939 and 7 December 1941Presented byDepartment of WarandDepartment of the NavyEligibilityMilitary personnel onlyStatusInactiveEstablishedExecutive Order 8808, June 28, 1941First awardedSeptember 8, 1939 (retroactive)Last awardedDecember 7, 1941 (retroactive)Total recipientsabout 2,000,000Service ribbonand StreamerPrecedenceNext(higher)Army:Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
Air Force:Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard:China Service MedalNext(lower)Army–Women's Army Corps Service Medal
Navy & Marine Corps–American Campaign Medal
Air Force–American Campaign Medal

TheAmerican Defense Service Medalwas amilitary awardof theUnited States Armed Forces, established byExecutive Order8808, by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, on June 28, 1941.[1][2]The medal was intended to recognize those military service members who had served on active duty between September 8, 1939, and December 7, 1941.

A similar medal, known as theAmerican Campaign Medal, was established in 1942, for service in theAmerican Theaterduring the World War II era.

History[edit]

The American Defense Service Medal was established by Executive Order 8808, on 28 June 1941, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and announced in War Department Bulletin 17, 1941. The criteria for the medal was announced in War Department Circular 44, on 13 February 1942. Theservice ribbondesign was approved by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy on January 7, 1942. The medal was designed by Mr. Lee Lawrie, a civilian sculptor from Easton, Maryland. The model was approved by the Commission of Fine Arts on May 5, 1942.[2][3]

Criteria[edit]

The medal is authorized to military members who served on active duty between President Roosevelt's declaration of a limited national emergency on September 8, 1939, and theattack on Pearl Harboron December 7, 1941. Members of theUnited States Army, to include those in theOrganized ReserveandNational Guard, received this medal for any length of service during the eligibility period, provided that they were on orders to active duty for a period of twelve months or longer.[1]TheUnited States Navyexcluded those reservists who were on active duty for less than ten days during the eligibility period, but otherwise the Navy,United States Marine Corps, andUnited States Coast Guardawarded the medal to all personnel who served on active duty at any time during the eligibility period, Regular or Reservist, provided they passed their initial physical examinations, such as in the case of those Reservists called back to extended active duty prior to the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, or enlisted recruits or officer candidates who entered the Navy or Marine Corps during the same period.[4]

Appearance[edit]Medals awarded toDouglas Alan Clark; the American Defense Service Medal is second from right, with an"A" Device, indicating belligerent contact with Axis Powers in the Atlantic Ocean between June 22 and December 7, 1941.

The bronze medal is1+1⁄4inches (32mm) in diameter. On theobverseis a femaleGrecianfigure symbolic of defense, holding in her sinister hand an ancient war shield in reverse and herdexterhand brandishing a sword above her head, and standing upon a conventionalized oak branch with four leaves. Around the top is the lettering "AMERICAN DEFENSE". Thereverseis the wording "FOR SERVICE DURING THE LIMITED EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1939 OR DURING THE UNLIMITED EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT ON MAY 27, 1941" above a seven-leafed spray of laurel.[2][3]

The suspension andservice ribbonof the medal is1+

3⁄8inches (35mm) wide and consists of the following stripes:3⁄16in (4.8mm) Golden Yellow 67104;1⁄8in (3.2mm) triparted Old Glory Blue 67178; White 67101; and Scarlet 67111; center3⁄4in (19mm) Golden Yellow;1⁄8in (3.2mm) triparted Scarlet; White; and Old Glory Blue 67178; and3⁄16in (4.8mm) Golden yellow. The golden yellow color was symbolic of the golden opportunity of the youth of the United States to serve the National colors, represented by the blue, white and red pin stripes on each side.[2][3]
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