[Title 32 CFR 578.47]
[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. 578.47 - World War II Victory Medal.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE32002-07-012002-07-01false578.47Sec. 578.47NATIONAL DEFENSEDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYPERSONNELDECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES
Sec. 578.47  World War II Victory Medal.

    Established by Act July 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 461; 10 U.S.C. 1430c).
    (a) Description. The medal of bronze is 36 millimeters in diameter. 
On the obverse is a figure of Liberation standing full length with head 
turned to dexter looking to the dawn of a new day, right foot resting on 
a war god's helmet with the hilt of a broken sword in the right hand and 
the broken blade in the left hand, the inscription ``World War II'' 
horizontally placed immediately below center. On the reverse are the 
inscriptions ``Freedom from fear and want'' and ``Freedom of speech and 
religion'' separated by a palm branch, all within a circle composed of 
the words ``United States of America--1941-1945.'' 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 double rainbow in juxtaposition 
(\3/8\ inch), white stripe (\1/32\ inch), red band (\9/16\ inch), white 
stripe (\1/32\ inch), and double rainbow in juxtaposition (\3/8\ inch).

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    (b) Requirements. Service between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 
1946, both dates inclusive.

[13 FR 6802, Nov. 19, 1948]