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Medal of Honor

Explore the Medal of Honor ribbon, its official award references, and an oversized wall display concept.

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About this ribbon

AR 600-8-22 paragraph 3-9 verifies establishment on 12 July 1862. No universal qualifying-service start was inferred from that date. The Medal of Honor service ribbon is explicitly described in paragraph 6-2.

Catalog associations: Army, Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Current award reference. Branch associations are browsing guidance; other service awards may also appear in a veteran’s record.

Service years and award dates

Years help surface possibilities. A date overlap does not show that someone earned an award. Some date rules describe completion, specific operations or retroactive eligibility, rather than a universal service window.

Listed service periods and date rules
Dates	What the source says
Apr 12, 1861 – End not specified	Effective qualifying service date; additional award criteria apply. Source ↗

Date coverage is not certified complete. The finder keeps this entry available when listed dates do not overlap.

Award versions sharing this ribbon

These awards share a base ribbon design. Their eligibility, frames and devices can differ; the preview does not choose a version or establish an award.

Medal of Honor (Army)

Army

Medal of Honor (Air Force design)

Air Force, Space Force

DAF-specific medal authorized 6 July 1960; Air Force design used for approvals on or after 1 November 1965. Earlier approvals retained the original design. Establishment and design-change dates are not general qualifying-service dates.

Medal of Honor (Navy)

Navy, Marine Corps

Statutory establishment 21 December 1861 differs from retroactive qualifying date 12 April 1861. Tiffany Cross / Medal of Honor (1917–18) is a historical medal design, not a separate base service-ribbon design.

Research notes and remaining questions

Qualifying-service calendar boundaries have not been verified.
No universal earliest qualifying-action date extracted for this design; qualifying_periods intentionally empty.
Official DAFMAN cautions against calling it the 'Air Force Medal of Honor'; that phrase is retained only as a search alias.

Official award references

Consult the applicable service guidance for eligibility, precedence and authorized devices.

AR 600-8-22, Military Awards, 11 May 2026 (administrative revision 19 May 2026) ↗3-9; 6-2
U.S. Army Service, Campaign Medals and Foreign Awards Information — Natick Veteran Medals ↗Medal of Honor
DAFMAN 36-2806, Military Awards: Criteria and Procedures, Change 3 (13 August 2025) ↗A2.2, particularly A2.2.14
AFPC: Medal of Honor (Air Force design) ↗Background and criteria
AFPC Decorations and Ribbons ↗Official ribbon chart
SECNAV M-1650.1, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (16 August 2019) ↗Appendix 2A Tab 1, pp. 2-10–2-11
NHHC: Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, revised 1953, Part 1 ↗Sections 3–4; Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor (1917–18)

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