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==Criteria==

==Criteria==

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| [[File:Navy Medal of Honor 1862.jpg|100px]]||Original, 1862 design of the Navy's version.  

| [[File:Navy Medal of Honor 1862.jpg|50px]]||Original, 1862 design of the Navy's version.  

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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|50px]]||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.

| [[File:MOH 1896.jpg|50px]]||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|50px]]||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.  

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| [[File:TifanyCrossMOH.jpg|100px]]||The '''Tiffany Cross''' was 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 and glassmaker [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]] of New York, the "Tiffany Cross" was abandoned in 1942 due to its unpopularity.  

| [[File:TifanyCrossMOH.jpg|50px]]||The '''Tiffany Cross''' was 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 and glassmaker [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]] of New York, the "Tiffany Cross" was abandoned in 1942 due to its unpopularity.  

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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.

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