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| [[File:308px-Medal of honor old.jpg|100px]]||Original, 1862 design of the Army's version.
| [[File:308px-Medal of honor old.jpg|100px]]||Original, 1862 design of the Army's version.
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| [[File:MOH 1896.jpg|100px]]||Non-military organizations creating unauthorized copies of the Medal of Honor led to Joint Resolution of Congress, Fifty-Fourth Congress, Sess. I, on May 2, 1896, which caused a slight change in design, principally with the ribbon. A bowknot (rosette) was also adopted, to be worn on occassions in lieu of the medal.
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| [[File:MOH WWI.jpg|100px]]||The '''Gillespie version''', reflecting the changes authorized by the Army and Congress in 1904. Designed by Major General George L. Gillespie, the new version included the replacement of the central portrait for the profile of Minerva, the encirclement of the star with a laurel wreath, and a change to the ribbon.
| [[File:MOH WWI.jpg|100px]]||The '''Gillespie version''', reflecting the changes authorized by the Army and Congress in 1904. Designed by Major General George L. Gillespie, the new version included the replacement of the central portrait for the profile of Minerva, the encirclement of the star with a laurel wreath, and a change to the ribbon.