a silver Oak Leaf equals the 5th award, two silver Oak leaves equals 10 awards. There is NO silver service star on a good conduct medal.
Oak leaf clusters indicate subsequent awards of that same medal. The 1st OLC to a Silver Star indicates the second time that medal has been awarded.
Typically an Oak Leaf Cluster represents an additional award of the medal. Others use a star to indicate a second award.
typically, for three awards you would need two oak clusters. the ribbon counts as one. However, for the good conduct medal, you would wear a knot for each award. It varies dependant upon the actual award, but for AAM's, Arcoms, etc the ribbon always counts as the first award.
Medals and decorations Distinguished Service Cross Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster * Purple Heart * American Defense Service Medal * European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 service stars and arrow device * World War II Victory Medal * Army of Occupation Medal * National Defense Service Medal * Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster * Parachutist Badge with 2 jump stars * Combat Infantryman Badge * Orange Lanyard of the Royal Netherlands Army * Medal of the City of Eindhoven (2006)
In US military, first award of a decoration is the ribbon (and medal) itself. Additional awards are reflected by the addition of an oak leaf cluster on the ribbon. When the sixth award of the medal occurs, the four oak leaf clusters on the ribbon are replaced with a silver oak leaf cluster, denoting 5 additional awards of the medal.
You would wear the medal/ribbon with 4 oak leaf clusters attached.
The Bronze Star medal was established in 1944. An oak leaf cluster on US medals indicates additional award of the same medal. Thus one (1) oak leaf cluster on a medal indicates the wearer has been awarded the same medal twice.
a second award of the same medal....................
a silver Oak Leaf equals the 5th award, two silver Oak leaves equals 10 awards. There is NO silver service star on a good conduct medal.
That is an award that was issued issued four times...Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters. That means when the person was first awarded the Air Medal, he/she received the basic medal, then any additional awards was denoted with an oak leaf cluster that is wornon top the basic ribbon. If he/she get a silver oak leaf cluster, that means six awards of that medal.
The oak leaf cluster is positioned in the center of the Ribbon and in the center of the Ribbon which hangs to a Medal.
Oak leaf clusters indicate subsequent awards of that same medal. The 1st OLC to a Silver Star indicates the second time that medal has been awarded.
Typically an Oak Leaf Cluster represents an additional award of the medal. Others use a star to indicate a second award.
One would wear a single Silver Oak Leaf Cluster. The Silver Oak Leaf Cluster signifies that the Army Achievement Medal has been awarded 5 subsequent times and the Ribbon itself signifies the first one awarded. For every AAM awarded after this, one would wear a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster (signifying one awarded AAM) until one reaches 11 total awards. At this point, one would wear a second Silver Oak Leaf Cluster.
The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for valor in battle or for achievement in a battlefield theater of operation. In US Military, oak leaf clusters are awarded for additional awards of the same medal. So two (2) oak leaf clusters indicates a person has received three (3) total awards of the same medal.
typically, for three awards you would need two oak clusters. the ribbon counts as one. However, for the good conduct medal, you would wear a knot for each award. It varies dependant upon the actual award, but for AAM's, Arcoms, etc the ribbon always counts as the first award.