[Title 32 CFR 578.40]
[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. 578.40 - World War I Victory Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE32002-07-012002-07-01false578.40Sec. 578.40NATIONAL DEFENSEDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYPERSONNELDECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
Sec. 578.40  World War I Victory Medal.

    Established by WD General Orders 48, 1919.
    (a) Description. The medal of bronze is 36 millimeters in diameter. 
On the obverse is a winged Victory standing full length and full face. 
On the reverse is the inscription ``The Great War for Civilization'' and 
the coat of arms for the United States surmounted by a fasces, and on 
either side the names of the Allied and Associated Nations. The medal is 
suspended by a ring from a silk moire ribbon 1\3/8\ inches in length and 
36 millimeters in width, composed of two rainbows placed in 
juxtaposition and having the red in the middle, with a white thread 
along each edge.
    (b) Requirements. Service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 
1918, or with either of the following expeditions:
    (1) American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia between 
November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919.
    (2) American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia between November 12, 
1918, and April 1, 1920.
    (c) Clasps. Two types of clasps are authorized.
    (1) Battle clasps--(i) Requirements. Combat service, one clasp for 
each campaign. The individual must have been actually present for duty 
under competent orders in the combat zone during the period in which the 
organization was engaged in combat. For service in an engagement not 
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in a named campaign, a defensive sector clasp will be awarded, not more 
than one such clasp being awarded to any individual regardless of the 
number of engagements.
    (ii) Description. The clasp is a bronze bar \1/8\ inch in width and 
1\1/2\ inches in length with the name of the campaign or the words 
``Defensive Sector'' with a star at each end of the inscription.
    (2) Service clasps--(i) Requirements. Service in France, Italy, 
Siberia, European Russia, or England, as a member of a crew of a 
transport sailing between the United States and those countries, and by 
persons not eligible for battle clasps who served with the areas 
outlined above. Only one service clasp will be awarded to any 
individual.
    (ii) Description. The clasp is a bronze bar \1/8\ inch in width and 
1\1/2\ inches in length with the name of the country in which the 
service was performed inscribed thereon.
    (d) Service Stars--(1) Requirements. Possession of a battle clasp 
and/or defensive sector clasp is denoted by a bronze service star worn 
on the service ribbon of the medal, one bronze star for each clasp.
    (2) Description. The service star is a bronze or silver five-pointed 
star \3/16\ inch in diameter. A silver service star is authorized for 
wear in lieu of five bronze service stars.

[13 FR 6800, Nov. 19, 1948, as amended at 17 FR 912, Jan. 31, 1952]