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Can you help identify a service ribbon that has a field of deep purple with two half centimeter dark orange stripes each located 1 centimeter from the ribbon ends?
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∙ 12y ago
It might be the Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal (a coast guard medal). See the link.
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