The United States Marine Corps were first established in the year 1798 as the sea branch of the United States Armed Forces. In keeping with the long standing traditions of all branches of the United States Armed Forces, the Navy and the Marine Corps both award their personnel with a number of US military medals [...]
United Nations Multinational Force and Observers Medals are not US military medals, but international awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the United Nations. The Multinational Force and Observers Medal was created in March of 1982 as an international military decoration under the authority of the Director-General of the Multinational Force [...]
Inter-American Defense Board Medals are not US military medals, but international awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the Inter-American Defense Board. The Inter-American Defense Board Medal was established in December of 1945 by a Pan-American defense group called the Inter-American Defense Board which is devoted to the security of all [...]
World War II began with the sneaky German invasion of Poland in 1939. The war quickly escalated into a global conflict with two distinct sides in direct opposition, the Allied forces and the Axis powers. The Axis powers were primarily comprised of Germany, Italy, and Japan while the Allied forces were a combined effort of [...]
Vietnam Technical Service Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they were presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The Vietnam Technical Service Medal was issued by the now defunct government of what was then the Republic of South Vietnam between the years of 1964 and 1972 [...]
Vietnam Staff Service Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they were presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The Vietnam Staff Service Medal was created by the now defunct government of South Vietnam and issued between1964 and 1973. These military medals were awarded in two degrees [...]
Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they were presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal was created by the now extinct government of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1953. These military medals were issued in [...]
Vietnam Military Merit Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they were presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The Vietnam Military Merit Medal was created in August of 1950 by the government of South Vietnam, and was modeled after the US Medal of Honor to be [...]
The National Order of Vietnam awards are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The National Order of Vietnam was a combined military-civilian decoration of the Republic of South Vietnam and was considered the highest honor that could be bestowed [...]
Vietnam Presidential Unit Citations are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the Republic of South Vietnam. The Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation was created by the South Vietnamese government. These military ribbons were awarded to all personnel in the Indo-China Military Assistance Advisory Group during [...]
