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(Date Posted:08/19/2008 06:20:12)
The Cold War Victory Medal is an unofficial military medal of the United States which can be purchased by any member of the United States military, or civilian employees of the federal government, who served in their positions during the years of the Cold War, specifically September 2, 1945 to December 26, 1991.
In accordance with section 1084 of the Fiscal Year 1998 National
Defense Authorization Act, Congress authorized the Secretary of Defense
to award a Cold War Victory Medal to all veterans of the Cold War.
However, the Secretary of Defense instead awarded a Cold War Recognition Certificate
to all members of the armed forces and qualified federal government
civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United
States anytime during the Cold War era, which is defined as September
2, 1945 to December 26, 1991.
The official US Navy
web page states: "The Department of Defense will not be creating a Cold
War Service medal" and that any commemorative medals made by private
vendors are unauthorized on the military uniform. At present, however, the Cold War Victory Medal remains strictly commemorative and is unofficial. To get Your Cold War Recognition Certificate here is the link....... https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/tagd/coldwar/us_application.htm
The information I posted at the top of this I got from here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_Victory_Medal
I would rather have a medal and ribbon. I can wear either of those. I cant wear a piece of paper
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
George Orwell
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
George Orwell
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