Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, Moderators, move, protect, rollback, Administrators
27,336
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 32:
Line 32: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
→Description
The present Medal of Honor reflects changes made to the design during the period of the [[First World War]]. The striped ribbon was replaced by a blue field bearing 13 stars, but it remained a "pin-on" medal until [[World War II]], when the pin-clasp was replaced with a rounded pad suspended from a blue silk neck ribbon. A change was made to the star as well: the Army replaced the central figures with a profile of the head of Minerva; and when the newly-created United States Air Force had theirs, they chose the profile of the head of Liberty. Both added a green wreath of laurel around the star. The Navy retained the original design.
The present Medal of Honor reflects changes made to the design during the period of the [[First World War]]. The striped ribbon was replaced by a blue field bearing 13 stars, but it remained a "pin-on" medal until [[World War II]], when the pin-clasp was replaced with a rounded pad suspended from a blue silk neck ribbon. A change was made to the star as well: the Army replaced the central figures with a profile of the head of Minerva; and when the newly-created United States Air Force had theirs, they chose the profile of the head of Liberty. Both added a green wreath of laurel around the star. The Navy retained the original design.
{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="700" style="margin-left:5px"
|align="center" colspan="2"|
|-
!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: lightblue no-repeat scroll top left;"|Historical Medals of Honor
|-
! Medal!!Name and Remarks
|- valign="center"
| [[File:308px-Medal of honor old.jpg|100px]]||Original, 1862 design of the Army's version.
|-
| [[File:MOH WWI.jpg|100px]]||(''left to right'')<br/>The "Gillespie" version, reflecting the changes authorized by the Army in 1904, which included the replacement of the central portrait for the profile of Minerva, as well as the change to the ribbon.
|-
| [[File:TifanyCrossMOH.jpg|100px]]||(''left to right'')<br/>The "Tiffany Cross", a version of the Medal of Honor awarded in cases of non-combat heroism. Authorized by the United States Navy in 1919 and cast by the renowned jewler Tiffany and Company of New York, the "Tiffany Cross" was abandoned in 1942 due to its unpopularity.
|-
|
|}
==References==
==References==