Posted on May 9, 2021
What role and legacy do you feel commemorative medals play in American military history and Veteran culture?
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Vietnam Veterans' Commemorative Medals
The United States has a long history of using Commemorative Medals to recognize and honor specific military and historical events and military service. The ...
Apparently commemorative medals and awards were far more common in American military history prior to World War I lacking official service awards by the Armed Forces. As official awards became common place commemorative awards didn't go away.
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Commercially sponsored commemorative medals really don’t have a place anymore. Our recognition system is deep enough to fulfill this.
To be clear, we are talking non-DoD/War Department medals offered commercially for purchase with no award criteria. Examples can be found on Medals of America and similar commercial sites.
To be clear, we are talking non-DoD/War Department medals offered commercially for purchase with no award criteria. Examples can be found on Medals of America and similar commercial sites.
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LTC Jason Mackay - I think those would be interesting and mean more if they had a level of control, for example if they could only be officially awarded by recognized veteran organizations.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SPC (Join to see) between campaign medals, overseas service bars, SSI-FWTS, and combat decorations not sure what role they’d play. Not sure I’d want IAVA, VFW, American Legion et al randomly issuing awards, but if they did, it’s a free country.
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