[Title 32 CFR 578.33]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Chapter V - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY]
[Subchapter F - PERSONNEL]
[Part 578 - DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES]
[Sec. 578.33 - Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE32002-07-012002-07-01false578.33Sec. 578.33NATIONAL DEFENSEDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYPERSONNELDECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
Sec. 578.33  Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal.

    Established by WD Compilation of Orders, Changes 15, February 4, 
1919.
    (a) Description. The medal of bronze is 1\1/4\ inches in diameter. 
On the obverse is a conventional castle with the addition of two round-
corner towers within a circle composed of the words ``Army of 
Occupation, Porto Rico'' in the upper half and in the lower half the 
date ``1898'' at the bottom, with a branch of the tobacco plant on the 
left and a stalk of sugarcane on the right. The reverse is the same as 
that of the Indian Campaign Medal. The medal is suspended by a ring from 
a silk moire ribbon 1\3/8\ inches in length and 1\3/8\ inches in width 
composed of a red stripe (\1/16\ inch), blue band (\3/8\ inch), yellow 
stripe (\1/16\ inch), red band (\3/8\ inch), yellow stripe (\1/16\ 
inch), blue band (\3/8\ inch), and red stripe (\1/16\ inch).
    (b) Requirements. Service in Puerto Rico between August 14, 1898, 
and December 10, 1898.

[13 FR 6799, Nov. 19, 1948]