In addition, the medal may also be awarded to other service members whose direct and individual contributions to National security or National defense are recognized as being so exceptional in scope and value as to be equivalent to contributions normally associated with positions encompassing broader responsibilities.

Roe thought it " an especial favour, for that all the great men that wear the Kings image ( which none may do but to whom it is given ) receive no other than a medal of gold as big as six pence.

An Act of Congress ( Public Law 671 — 77th Congress, Chapter 508, 2d Session ) on July 20, 1942, established the Legion of Merit and provided that the medal " shall have suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, and which the President, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may award to

When the medal With Distinction is awarded, the star may be presented depending from a neck ribbon and can be identified by its larger size than the standard medal ( compare size of medals in pictures below ; President Reagan's was awarded With Distinction ).

Both medals may also be worn in miniature form on a ribbon on the left chest, with a silver American Bald Eagle with spread wings on the ribbon ( or a golden American Bald Eagle for a medal awarded " With Distinction ").

For valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force, but of a lesser degree than required for the award of the Bronze Star Medal, the " V " Device or Combat " V " may be authorized for wear on the service and suspension ribbon of the medal.

This allows for interpretation of the criteria for which the medal may be awarded.

* 1862: Following the resolution for the Navy Medal of Honor, a resolution for an Army Medal of Honor was approved by Congress and signed into law on July 12, 1862: " To provide for the presentation of medals of honor to the enlisted men of the army and volunteer forces who have distinguished or may distinguish themselves in battle during the present rebellion ". This measure provided for awarding a medal of honor " to such non-commissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection ".

A duplicate medal ( marked as such ) may be issued, free of charge, to replace a lost, destroyed or stolen one upon written application, subject to approval of the service secretary.

The medal may be awarded up to three times a year to record setters in speed, altitude and distance categories in light aircraft, and is still being awarded.

In 1946 Hartley was awarded the IRE medal of honor " For his early work on oscillating circuits employing triode tubes and likewise for his early recognition and clear exposition of the fundamental relationship between the total amount of information which may be transmitted over a transmission system of limited band-width and the time required.

This medal may be awarded posthumously to the surviving next of kin of the recipient.

A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for sporting, military, scientific, academic, or various other achievements ; military awards and decorations is a more precise term for that type of state decoration.

The reverse, or back surface of the medal, is not always used and may be left blank or may contain a secondary design.

It is through the ring that a ribbon is run or folded so the medal may hang pendent.

Top bars may be hidden under the ribbon so they are not visible, be a plain device from which the ribbon attaches or even decorative to complement the design on the medal ; some top bars are elaborate and contain a whole design unto themselves.

In either case, an award or decoration may be presented as a medal.

A military order may use a medal as its insignia, however, most tend to have a unique badge or a type of plaque specifically designed for an emblem.

The medal is primarily a civilian award, but it may be awarded to military personnel for gallant conduct that is not in the face of the enemy.

* The medal may be awarded to an author or illustrator including co-authors or co-illustrators, and persons who both write and illustrate.

For example, an advertising token may also be considered a medal.

The Bronze Star Medal was conceived by Colonel Russell P. " Red " Reeder in 1943, who believed it would aid morale if there was a medal which could be awarded by captains of companies or batteries to deserving people serving under them.

Reeder felt another medal was needed to be a ground equivalent of the Air Medal, and proposed that the new award be called the " Ground Medal ".

It was announced by War Department General Order No. 6, 1918-01-12, with the following information concerning the medal: " A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded by the President to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since 1917-04-06, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.

Students who do not receive medals do not have their scores published, making it impossible for a country to be ranked by adding together scores of its competitors unless each wins a medal.

He continued to submit his works to the Salon, where his painting Spanish Singer had won a 2nd class medal in 1861, and he urged the others to do likewise, arguing that " the Salon is the real field of battle " where a reputation could be made.

As such, the medal can be considered as " points " in some enlisted promotion systems, such as the Air Force, where it is counted as seven points ( out of a possible 25 points for decorations ).

In 1605 a medal was struck commemorating the King ’ s escape from the Gunpowder Plot that pictured a serpent among flowers. Macbeth cannot be dated precisely, owing to significant evidence of later revisions.

The Executive Order calls for the medal to be awarded annually on or around July 4, and at other convenient times as chosen by the president, but it has not been awarded every year ( e. g., 2010, 2001 ).

This medal is considered by many athletes and spectators to be the highest award that an Olympic athlete can receive, even greater than a gold medal.

A clause to the archival procedures was revised in mid 2008, where if a veteran themselves or ( if deceased ) an immediate member of the family requested the Purple Heart on an Army or Air Force record, the medal would still be granted by the National Archives.

One disadvantage of this round-robin system is that medal winners could be determined before the end of the games, making the audience lose interest in the outcome of the remaining matches.

In this third year at the university, Hans, in 1797, was awarded the first important token of recognition, a gold medal for his essay on `` Limits Of Poetry And Prose ''.

Connes was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982, the Crafoord Prize in 2001 and the gold medal of the CNRS in 2004.

A medal awarded to women who served in the Women Army Auxiliary Corps from 10 July 1942 to 31 August 1943, and to the Women Army Corps from 1 September 1943 to 2 September 1945 featured Athena on the front.

In 2003 the medal was awarded to Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.

The " Cogadh na Saoirse " medal, awarded since 1941 by the Irish government to IRA veterans of the War of Independence, bears a ribbon with two vertical stripes in black and tan.

When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the " V " Device.

Thus, the first Olympic medals in curling, which at the time was played outside, were awarded for the 1924 Winter Games, with the gold medal won by Great Britain and Ireland, two silver medals by Sweden, and the bronze by France.

In 1942 The National Institute of Arts and Letters awarded her a gold medal for lifetime achievement.

was conferred upon Brewster by Marischal College, Aberdeen ; in 1815 he was made a member of the Royal Society of London, and received the Copley medal ; in 1818 he received the Rumford Medal of the society ; and in 1816 the French Institute awarded him one-half of the prize of three thousand francs for the two most important discoveries in physical science made in Europe during the two preceding years.

Baudot received little help from the French Telegraph Administration for his system, and often had to fund his own research, even having to sell the gold medal awarded by the 1878 Exposition Universelle during 1880.

Three years later, James Hird was jointly awarded the medal with Michael Voss of Brisbane.

Dyson was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1966, Max Planck medal in 1969 and the Harvey Prize in 1977.

In gratitude, the city of Milan awarded, in 1909, the " commemorative medal of deliverance ", which still adorns the regimental flags of the Second Regiment.

On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for demonstrating “ exceptional loyalty ” while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years.

For this film Örnekhe was awarded an honorary medal in the general division of the Order of Australia.

He was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Photographic Society in 1934, the Howard N. Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Albert A. Michelson Medal from the same Franklin Institute in 1969, and the National Medal of Science in 1973.

The top 50 % of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold: silver: bronze: no medal is approximately 1: 2: 3: 6 ( thus 1 / 12 of the contestants get a gold medal ).

Canadian military attaché Herbert Cyril Thacker served in the field with Japanese forces in the Russo – Japanese War ( 1904 – 05 ), for which the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class and the Japanese War medal for service during that campaign.

In 1819, Severn was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Academy for his painting Una and the Red Cross Knight in the Cave of Despair which was inspired by the epic poem The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.