Military Medals, Civil War, Spanish American War, Cuba, Mexico, China Philippines, World War I 

Sir, Keep it up. I really enjoy this series and how you are taking us all the way from the revolution and on.

Sir, I think you may have had a small slip of the tongue. The USS Constitution sails in Boston harbor every 4th of July. Please keep up your great work. Your videos are outstanding and educational. I learn something new every time. Thank you for all the effort you put into this work. Your knowledge of Navy history and heritage is outstanding for an "old Soldier". Keep it up.

Your videos are an incredible resource. Thank you for all your efforts. Keep up the great work.

There seems to be some variation between the manufacturing style on WW1 victory medal clasps, as well as how they were spaced out in the ribbon. I'd love to know more about the various manufacturers as well as how a soldier's individual clasp arrangement was put together.

awesome stuff! a few ive these i hadnt heard of. i would only add that the manner the ribbon is mounted is also an important way of determining date. the 1st medals were mounted on a wrap broach, which was like, for lack of a better description, sort of a flattened O looking at it from above, with the pin attached. the ribben fed through the middle and wrapped around the front. then they switched to whats called a split wrap broach similar to the 1st but with a cut out between the pin mounts, looking like a flattened C from over head. then in the late 1930s until 1945 what was called a slot broach which was a flat metal plate with a slot through which the ribbon passed. they are immediately identifiable from the front because the ribbon was secured on either side with a stitch of thread matching the color of the edge of the ribbon. in 1946 unti present they switched to a crimp broach where the ribbon is crimped onto the mount.

Excellent video as always, extremely educational. The Citation star for the Indian Campaign medal was rarely seen, mostly because the personnel authorized the award had passed by the time the award was authorized. However, the last Department of the Army General Order published each year in the 1800s included several pages of those individuals cited for galantry in action, listing the date, location and often a short description. This was the American version of the British Army practice of "Mentioned in Dispatches". The campaign bars on the WWI Victory Medal corresponded to the campaign streamers (at the time they were engraved rings for the flag staff) awarded the unit. The one exception was the "Defensive Sector" bar. An individual soldier was only authorized one bar on the medal, but the unit was authorized a streamer for each French province where the unit occupied positions. When the Army chose to put campaign streamers on the Army flag, it made the decision not to include a general "defensive" streamer.

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Thanks very much Colonel

Thank you, Colonel !

Thank you for the super interesting video. I've heard about a red, white and blue ribbon for the civil war campaign medal. Was that ever official?

were confederate solders eligible for the cw campaign medal? olympias such a beautiful ship. hope they can raise the funds to drydock her as soon as possible.

The poorly executed graphics at such low resolution is unprofessional