[Title 32 CFR 578.35]
[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. 578.35 - Philippine Congressional Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Sec. 578.35  Philippine Congressional Medal.

    Established by Act of Congress June 29, 1906.
    (a) Description. The medal of bronze is 1\1/4\ inches in diameter. 
On the obverse is a group composed of a color bearer holding a flag of 
the United States and supported by two men with rifles on their 
shoulders, the three facing dexter. The flag extends to the rim between 
the words ``Phillipine'' and ``Insurrection.'' Below the group is the 
date ``1899.'' On the reverse are the words ``For patriotism, fortitude, 
and loyalty'' in a wreath composed of a branch of pine on the left and a 
branch of palm on the right, the stems joined by a conventional knot. 
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 blue stripe (\1/16\ 
inch), white stripe (\1/16\ inch), red stripe (\1/8\ inch), white stripe 
(\1/8\ inch), blue band (\5/8\ inch), white stripe (\1/8\ inch), red 
stripe (\1/8\ inch), white stripe (\1/16\ inch), and blue stripe (\1/16\ 
inch).
    (b) Requirements. Service, meeting all the following conditions:
    (1) Under a call of the President entered the Army between April 21 
and October 26, 1898.
    (2) Served beyond the date on which entitled to discharge.
    (3) Ashore in the Philippine Islands between February 4, 1899, and 
July 4, 1902.

[13 FR 6799, Nov. 19, 1948]