Name/Title
91.33.534Entry/Object ID
1991.033.534Context
Established by Executive Order 8808 (3 CFR, 1943, Cum. Supp.).
(a) Description. The medal of bronze is 1\1/4\ inches in diameter.
On the obverse is a female Grecian figure symbolic of defense, holding
in her sinister hand an ancient war shield in reverse and her dexter
hand brandishing a sword above her head, and standing upon a
conventionalized oak branch with four leaves. Around the top is the
lettering ``American Defense.'' On the reverse is 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-leaved spray. The medal is
suspended by a ring from a silk moire ribbon 1\3/8\ inches in length and
1\3/8\ inches in width composed of a golden yellow stripe (\3/16\ inch),
blue stripe (\1/24\ inch), white stripe (\1/24\ inch), red stripe (\1/
24\ inch) golden yellow band (\3/4\ inch), red stripe (\1/24\ inch),
white stripe (\1/24\ inch), blue stripe (\1/24\ inch), and golden yellow
stripe (\3/16\ inch).
(b) Requirements. Service between September 8, 1939, and December 7,
1941, under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
(c) Foreign service clasp--(1) Requirements. Service outside the
continental limits of the United States, including service in Alaska, as
a member of a crew of a vessel sailing ocean waters, as a member of an
operating crew of an airplane participating in regular and frequent
flights over ocean waters, or as an assigned member of an organization
stationed outside the continental limits of the United States.
(2) Description. The clasp is a bronze bar \1/8\ inch in width and
1\1/2\ inches in
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length with the words ``Foreign Service'' with a star at each end of the
inscription.
(d) Service star--(1) Requirements Possession of a foreign service
clasp is denoted by the wearing of a bronze service star on the service
ribbon.
(2) Description. See Sec. 578.40(d)(2).
[13 FR 6800, Nov. 19, 1948, as amended at 17 FR 912, Jan. 31, 1952]Collection
Military CollectionLocation
Location
Room
Offsite Storage No. 1, #2076Building
OffsiteDate
December 13, 2022Created By
Krupa, EricCreate Date
December 9, 2022Updated By
Krupa, EricUpdate Date
December 13, 2022