Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign CountriesWilliams, Dion
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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
Williams, Dion
Armies -- Insignia; Military uniforms; Navies -- Insignia; United States. Army -- Insignia; United States. Navy -- Insignia
The reverse side of all Navy campaign medals is the same as for the
Civil War medal; all Army campaign medals, with the exception of the
Civil War medal, have on the reverse a trophy composed of an eagle
perched on a cannon supported by five standards, rifles, an Indian
shield, spear and quiver of arrows, a Cuban machete and a Sulu kriss,
with the words “For Service” below, the whole surrounded by a circle of
the words “United States Army” in the upper half and thirteen stars in
the lower half.
_Indian Campaign Medal._—This bronze medal was given to all officers
and men of the U. S. Army who participated with honor in the campaigns
against hostile Indians. Its obverse bears a mounted Indian, facing to
the right, with a spear in his right hand and wearing a war bonnet, all
surrounded by a circle composed of the words “Indian Wars” above and a
buffalo skull below with arrowheads completing the circle. The ribbon
is red with a narrow black band near each end.
_Spanish War Campaign Medal._—This bronze medal was conferred upon
officers and men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps who saw active and
honorable service in the War with Spain in 1898. The obverse of the
Army medal bears a conventional castle with two round corner towers
surrounded by a circle of the words “War with Spain” above and the
date 1898 below with a branch of tobacco plant to the left and stalk
of sugar cane to the right. The obverse of the Navy medal bears the
Morro Castle at Havana surrounded by the inscription “Spanish Campaign,
1898.” A medal of the same design but with the inscription “West
Indies Campaign, 1898,” was presented to officers and men of the Navy
and Marine Corps who participated in the naval operations in the West
Indies in 1898. The ribbon is blue, yellow, blue, with narrow yellow
edges.
[Illustration: 1. Haitian Campaign Medal, 1915
2. Cuban Pacification Medal, U. S. Navy and Marine Corps
3. Good-Conduct Medal, U. S. Navy
4. Good-Conduct Medal, U. S. Marine Corps]
[Illustration: Medals and Badges for excellence in small arms firing]
_Philippine Insurrection Campaign Medal._—This bronze medal was given
to officers and men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps who saw active
service in the Philippine Insurrection, 1899 to 1903. The obverse of
the Army medal bears a cocoa palm tree with a Roman lamp on the left
and balanced scales on the right, surrounded by the words “Philippine
Insurrection, 1899”; that of the Navy medal has the Santiago gate at
Manila surrounded by “Philippine Campaign, 1899-1903,” and two palm
branches. The ribbon is crimson, blue, crimson, with narrow blue edges.
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