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    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014
    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014
    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014
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    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014

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    This is the single most complete and authentic guide to United States military ribbons ever produced. Published in full color it displays the complete history of all United States Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard ribbon since the Civil War. As an additional bonus it displays all currently authorized United Nations ribbons for United States forces. Merchant Marine ribbons dating back to World War II also have a display. Each branch of the service as a full-color ribbon display from World War II to present presenting the ribbons in correct order of predecessor from the medal of honor to currently authorized foreign awards. Under each ribbon is displayed the authorized attachments for each ribbon. A detailed section describes each ribbons attachment and the correct method for mounting attachments is diagram for all five of the military services. It is the most complete full-color reference of United States military ribbons ever published and is the product of over seven years of extensive research. Especially useful are the only charts showing the correct order of Protestant people wearing multiservice ribbons in each of the five military branches. An invaluable reference to all veterans, veterans families, members of the Armed Forces and reserves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColFrankFoster
    Release dateApr 9, 2015
    ISBN9781884452017
    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014

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    • 5/5
      It helps me in my research of U.S. Military Awards. Now we can place the awards in the right order of precedence when we place them in our files for future viewings in the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
      Thanks you immensely
    • 3/5
      Fun book to read. Certainly not a final authority on regulation wear, but did contain interesting tidbits.

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    A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014 - Medals of America

    How To Use This Book

    Welcome to Medals of America’s military ribbons book covering all five armed forces military ribbons. This book covers all military awards since the Civil War and shows the ribbon chest from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, the Liberation of Kuwait, NATO actions, Iraq and Afghanistan. The ribbons of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard are displayed in correct order of wear with all of their possible attachments shown below each ribbon. For example an active duty soldier or veteran can leaf through the Army pages and identified their ribbons in the correct order of precedence. You can go to the facing page for your last or current branch and see the correct order for multiple service awards. For additional information on full sized medals, ribbons or skill and qualification badges go to www.moapress.com.

    A Complete Guide to

    Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines,

    Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine

    1861 to 2014

    Published by Medals of America Press at Smashwords

    ISBN - 978-1-884452-01-7

    Copyright © 2014 by Medals of America Press

    Excerpt From: Medals of America Press. A Complete Guide to Military Ribbons of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine 1861 to 2014. iBooks.

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication

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