Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are marked with underlines: _italics_. RECORD OF MEDALS OF HONOR ISSUED TO THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY MARINE CORPS AND COAST GUARD 1862-1923 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1924 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. AT 20 CENTS PER COPY ROLL OF HONOR BEING A RECORD OF THE MEDALS OF HONOR ISSUED TO THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR DEEDS OF GALLANTRY AND HEROISM IN TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE ¶ This record of the personnel who have shed luster upon the service by upholding the honor of the flag in storm and battle, by their devotion to the country and to each other, and by their unselfishness in risking their own lives to save others, is especially commended to the rising generation of American seamen, that they may emulate the deeds of their heroic predecessors, and maintain that high standard of gallantry which has always characterized the personnel of the United States naval service. PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION NAVY DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER 1, 1924 W. R. SHOEMAKER _Chief of Bureau_ MEDAL OF HONOR. The original medal of honor was designed during the Civil War by A. C. Paquet. The medal proper, a bronze five-pointed star bearing a star-rimmed medallion of Minerva driving before her shield the figure of Discord, was suspended by an anchor from the bottom buckle of a ribbon having a blue band over thirteen vertical stripes of red and white. This ribbon was attached at top and bottom to buckles of bronze, the bottom buckle bearing a star. Medal and ribbon were worn on the left breast until 1913. In that year the medal was placed in its present distinctive position at the neck of the wearer, being detached from its original ribbon and worn as a pendant from a ribbon band woven through the anchor ring. The ribbon band, which is of light blue with a cluster of thirteen small stars, is worn around the neck. The second medal of honor, added in 1919, is from the design of Tiffany & Co., of New York. The medal, which is of gold, is in the form of a cross superimposed upon a wreath of leaves. The center of the cross bears the arms of the United States, framed by the inscription "United States Navy, 1917-1918," and each arm of cross contains an anchor.