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Army Battle Clasps
Battle clasps are bronze bars one eighth of an inch high by one and a half inches wide. Each battle clasp contains the name of the campaign (or Defensive Sector). There is a small five-pointed star at each end of the clasp. They were awarded for specific battles or campaigns. The individual must have been present for duty under competent orders in the combat zone during the period in which the unit was engaged in combat.
AISNE (May 27 to June 5, 1918)
AISNE-MARNE (July 18 to August 6, 1918)
CAMBRAI (May 12 to December 4, 1917)
CHAMPAIGN-MARNE (July 15-18, 1918)
DEFENSIVE SECTOR:
-- In the First Army area, between 30 August and 11 November 1918, or in the Second Army area between October 12 and November 11, 1918.
-- At the regulating station at St Dizier and in the billeting region in connection therewith between October 31 and November 11, 1918.
-- In the area of corps, divisions, or smaller independent organizations under French, British, Belgian, or Italian commands between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918.
-- In any engagement not included in one of the thirteen major operations recognized by its own battle clasp.
-- In any engagement in European Russia after August 1, 1918, or in Siberia after August 15, 1918.
LYS (April 9-27, 1918)
MEUSE-ARGONNE (September 26 to Nov. 11, 1918)
MONTDIDIER-NOYON (June 9-13, 1918)
OISE-AISNE (August 18 to November 11, 1918)
ST MIHIEL (September 12-16, 1918)
SOMME-DEFENSIVE (March 21 to April 6, 1918)
SOMME-OFFENSIVE (August 8 to November 11, 1918)
VITTORIO-VENETO (October 24 to November 4, 1918)
YPRES-LYS (August 19 to November 11, 1918)
Navy Battle Clasps
AISNE (June 1-5, 1918)
AISNE-MARNE (July 18-20, 1918)
DEFENSIVE SECTOR -- For service in Toulon-Troyon (Lorraine) between March 18 and May 13, 1918.
-- For service in Chateau-Thierry (Ile de France) between June 6 and July 16, 1918.
-- For service in Marbache (Lorraine) between August 6 and 16, 1918.
-- For service in Limey (Lorraine) between September 10 and 11, 1918.
MEUSE-ARGONNE (September 29 to October 10, 1918, and October 25 to November 11, 1918)
ST MIHIEL (September 12-16, 1918)
YPRES-LYS (To the Northern Bombing Group)
Army Service Clasps
The Army issued five service (country) clasps for this medal: England, France, Italy, Russia, and Siberia. These service clasps are one eighth of an inch high and one and a half inches wide, with the name of the country in which the service was performed inscribed thereon. Unlike the battle clasps, the Army's service clasps do not have the small five-pointed star at each end of the clasp. To be eligible for a service clasp, an individual must not have been eligible for a battle clasp.
ENGLAND (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918 (This clasp was awarded to Army personnel whose only overseas service was in England).
FRANCE (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918)
ITALY (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918)
RUSSIA (Any Service in Russia)
SIBERIA (Any Service in Siberia)
Navy Service Clasps
The Navy issued six service (country) clasps for this medal: England, France, Italy, Russia, Siberia, and West Indies. The Navy's service clasps were awarded to personnel who served overseas but were not otherwise eligible for a battle clasp. Personnel who sailed from the United States prior to November 11, 1918 but never disembarked are eligible for the clasp denoting their overseas destination.
ENGLAND (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918) FRANCE (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918) ITALY (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918) RUSSIA (November 12, 1918 to July 31, 1919) SIBERIA (November 12, 1918 to March 30, 1920) WEST INDIES (April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918)
Navy Operational Clasps
The Navy issued the following 18 operational or "duty" clasps.
ARMED GUARD: For personnel regularly attached to an escort vessel for one voyage across the North Atlantic between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
ASIATIC: For service on any vessel that made a Siberian port during the period of April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918. Also authorized for service aboard any combatant ship that made a Siberian port for not less than ten days between November 12, 1918, and March 30, 1920.
ATLANTIC FLEET: For service in the Atlantic Fleet between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
AVIATION: For qualifying service in such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator; or over the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
DESTROYER: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator; or, on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25, 1918, and November 11, 1918.
ESCORT: For personnel regularly attached to an escort vessel for one voyage across the North Atlantic between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
GRAND FLEET: For personnel regularly attached to any vessel forming part of the Grand Fleet between December 9, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
MINE LAYING: For service on such duty from May 26 to November 11, 1918.
MINE SWEEPING: For service on such duty from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918 (or until minesweeping was completed).
MOBILE BASE: For service on tenders and repair vessels on such duty east of the 37th meridian and north of the Equator between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
NAVAL BATTERY: For service on such duty between July 10 and November 11, 1918.
OVERSEAS: For service on shore in allied or enemy countries of Europe from April 6, 1918, to November 11, 1918.
PATROL: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918 and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
SALVAGE: For service on such duty between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
SUBMARINE: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator or on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918 and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
SUBMARINE CHASER: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator or on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 18 and November 11, 1918 and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
TRANSPORT: For personnel regularly attached to a transport or cargo vessel for one voyage across the North Atlantic between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
WHITE SEA: For service on any vessel which made a Russian port or any combatant ship in a Russian port while in the White Sea not less than ten days between November 12, 1918, and July 31, 1919.
The Army Citation Star
Public Law 193 (65th Congress), approved February 4, 1919, authorized a silver star three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter to be worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal by each Army officer or enlisted man who was cited for gallantry in action published in orders issued from the headquarters of a force commanded by a general officer. This "citation Star" was redesigned and renamed the Silver Star Medal in 1932, and upon application to the War Department any holder of a citation star could have it converted to a Silver Star Medal.
Navy Letter of Commendation Star
Navy Regulations provided that when any person was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for performance of duty during the First World War, and where that commendation did not justify an award of the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, or Distinguished Service Medal, that person would be entitled to wear a silver star on the ribbon of the Victory Medal for each such citation.
Maltese Cross (Navy)
Navy Department General Orders Number 482 of July 30, 1919, authorized a bronze Maltese cross three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter to be worn on the service ribbon of the Victory Medal by personnel attached to the American Expeditionary Forces in France any time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who were not otherwise entitled to a battle clasp.
Bronze Star
A bronze star, three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, was authorized for wear on the service ribbon of the Victory Medal in lieu of any battle clasps (which were attached to the full medal but could not otherwise be represented on the service ribbon).